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Jane Addams to Mary Ann Kingsland Higgs, August 19, 1926

Addams thanks Higgs for sending clippings about the General Strike and conditions of miners.

England Labor

Conditions In The Coalfields, August 4, 1926

The Guardian discusses a delegation of English to the United States hoping to stir support for the miner's strike.

England Government Labor Relief Efforts

Testimony of Neville Chamberlain Before the United Kingdom House of Commons Discussion, July 15, 1926

A report of discussions held in the House of Commons about the coal dispute and the conditions of miners.

England Labor Public Health

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, November 13, 1925

Andrews tells Addams that the criticism she sent about the article on the American Association for Labor Legislation was uninformed.

Labor Legislation

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, October 31, 1925

Kellogg tells to Addams about the work of the Charles Cabot and the Cabot Fund to support the rights of steel workers.

Industry Labor Philanthropy

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to International Federation Of Trade Unions, ca. June 6, 1925 (draft)

The League proposes that workers associated with the International Federation of Trade Unions refuse to participate in war.

Labor Peace War

Reminiscence on Theodore Roosevelt, May 1925 (fragment)

Addams discusses a meeting with Theodore Roosevelt in 1905 in which he advised women's clubs to agitate for labor reform.

Government Labor Requests Settlements

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 24, 1925

Kellogg tells Addams that Marion Jackson's article about labor relations in the Survey is gaining a lot of attention.

Journalism Labor Religion

Grace Abbott to Jane Addams, February 8, 1925

Abbott writes Addams to discuss the child labor amendment and current politics.

Child Labor Conferences Government Peace Politics

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, January 4, 1924

Andrews tells Addams that she has been reelected as a vice president of the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Labor Memberships Onsite

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, June 17, 1922

Addams gives Kellogg suggestions for an article reviewer.

Journalism Labor

Harriet Irene Dunlop Prenter to Emily Greene Balch, March 24, 1922

Prenter updates Balch on Women's International League for Peace and Freedom activities in Canada and discusses her rationale on peace and economic justice.

Canada Communism Labor Meetings Peace

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, March 20, 1922

Balch discusses the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's donation for Russian Relief with Addams, and finalizes the speakers coming to the United States.

Finances Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Present Day Social Developments in England, March 1922

Robinson outlines welfare efforts in England for a lecture.

Child Welfare England Labor Lectures Peace Social Welfare

The Aftermath of the War, January 5, 1922

Addams discusses the crack down on radicals who opposed World War I.

Anti-radicalism Civil Rights Crime Enforcement Government Labor Peace Socialism

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, October 18, 1921

Mead writes Addams regarding various upcoming Women's International League for Peace and Freedom plans as well as her own initiatives.

Disarmament Help!Lectures Onsite Peace Requests

Albert Freeman Coyle to Jane Addams, May 3, 1921

Coyle tells Addams about a plan for machinists to boycott work for war materials.

Disarmament Labor Peace Soviet Union

Royal Meeker to Jane Addams, April 6, 1921

Meeker asks Addams her opinion on the first issue of the International Labour Review.

Labor Publishing Requests

Lucy Hoesch Ernst to Jane Addams, March 14, 1921

Ernst tells Addams that she thinks the French occupation of the Rhine should not be stopped and that American women should resist the urge to object.

Crime Foreign Policy France Germany International Affairs Relief Efforts United States

Jane Addams to Manley Ottmer Hudson, January 7, 1921

Addams forwards Hudson a letter from Germany (not found) and invites him to visit Hull-House.

Germany Hull-House Visits Labor

Scott Nearing to Jane Addams, August 10, 1920

Nearing tells Addams about the political situation in France and the efforts of miners to thwart another war.

France Internationalism Labor Peace

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, June 1, 1920

Andrews introduces Addams to Olga Halsey, who hopes to visit Hull-House.

Hull-House Visits Introduction Labor

The Immigrant and Social Unrest, April 19, 1920

Addams discusses the relationship between immigrants and social unrest. This speech was given at the National Conference on Social Work in New Orleans.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Democracy Free Speech Immigrants Immigration Labor Lectures Social Class Social Welfare Social Work

The Immigrant and Social Unrest, April 19, 1920

Addams discusses the relationship between immigrants and social unrest. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work in New Orleans.

Anti-radicalism Democracy Hull-House Residents Immigrants Immigration Labor Lectures Social Class Social Welfare Social Work

Unknown to Jane Addams, February 24, 1920

An anonymous individual sends Addams a clipping and a warning.

Criticism

For An International Embassy of Labor, August 17, 1918

A discussion of efforts to block labor activists from traveling in England and making international connections with other labor groups.

England Internationalism Labor World War I

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 26, 1918

Kellogg wants to meet with Addams on his return to the United States and sends her an article on the British labor movement.

Journalism Labor

Wallace L. De Wolf to Jane Addams, July 17, 1916

De Wolf refuses to fund Hull-House's camp program because of his disapproval of Hull-House's support for workers and unions and calls for it to divorce itself from politics, labor issues, and religion.

Criticism Hull-House Industry Labor Politics

War and Workers: A Plea for Democratic Control, January 16, 1916

MacDonald explores four aspects of the Union of Democratic Control's policies.

Internationalism Labor World War I

Richard Crane to Jane Addams, January 15, 1916

Crane sends Addams pamphlets Lansing wishes her to read.

Labor World War I

An Internationalist Daily Labor Paper, January 11, 1916

Hollins proposes a daily international newspaper to counter what she sees as overt militarism and sensationalism in the media.

Internationalism Journalism Labor Peace

Dorothea Louisa Hollins to Jane Addams, January 11, 1916

Hollins asks Addams to send her letter regarding an international labor newspaper to Henry Ford.

Journalism Labor

Marie Campbell to Jane Addams, October 23, 1915

Campbell tells Addams of her experiences working for a wealthy family in Chicago and thanks Addams for what she does for the working class.

Labor Public Opinion

Carl Legien to Ernest Bohm, May 21, 1915

Legien tells Bohm about German workers' support for efforts to end the war.

Internationalism Labor Peace War

Jane Addams et al. to Elizabeth Montgomery Sharpe, December 4, 1914

Members of the American Association for Labor Legislation asks Sharpe to donate to their campaign for labor legislation in Pennsylvania.

Labor Legislation Requests

Elizabeth Montgomery Sharpe to American Association for Labor Legislation, December 1914

Sharpe refuses to donate to the American Association for Labor Legislation because of its stance on non-union workers and because they disagrees with worker's compensation.

Labor

Jane Addams et al. to Edward C. Brown, February 4, 1914

Addams and others ask Brown for a donation to the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Charity Labor Requests

William Draper Lewis to Thomas Ignatius Parkinson, December 22, 1913

Lewis asks the Drafting Association to work on creating legislation for workmen's compensation.

Labor Legislation

William Draper Lewis to Jane Addams, December 22, 1913

Lewis asks for Addams' approval of the wording of a draft of the Progressive Party's Workmen's Compensation Act.

Labor Legislation

Samuel Gompers to Jane Addams, December 15, 1913

Gompers lets Addams know that he received her letter about a man seeking aid from the AFL's legal department.

Labor Requests

Summary of Samuel McCune Lindsay's Work for rhe Progressive Service , 1913 (fragment)

Summary of Samuel Lindsay's work for the Progressive Service.

Labor

Thomas Ignatius Parkinson to Frances Alice Kellor, December 5, 1913

Parkinson writes Kellor about new plans due to Samuel McCune Lindsay's hospitalization.

Labor

Progressive National Service, Department of Social and Industrial Justice Report, October 17, 1913

A report of the work of the Department of Social and Industrial Justice, regarding legislative efforts concerning industrial accident insurance.

Industry Insurance Labor Legislation

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Frances Alice Kellor, July 18, 1913

Kellogg tells Kellor that Addams ought to make decisions for the Progressive National Service Department of Social and Industrial Justice now that she is returned.

Labor