Addams speaks about the benefits of public parks to the community. The remarks were published on July 2, 1908.

An essay collected from Addams' writings on children, child labor, and recreational opportunities in the city.

Article summarizes and quotes from Addams' speech and comments on neighborhood improvement at the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Addams participated in a tribute dinner to Mary Augusta Ward, held by the Playground Association of America. The event was held on March 31, 1908, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Addams discussed the need for play, art, and creativity, and warns that without such outlets men will fall to drink and immoral behavior. She highlighted the lack of healthy entertainments, especially for young women. The speech was published in April in The Playground, a monthly journal of the Playground Association of America.

Omori tells Addams about conditions in Japan after the earthquake and asks her to help relief efforts.

On behalf of his association, Gary writes to Addams about the pros of the widening of Halsted Street.

DeGroot writes Addams about his resignation from the South Park Systems.

The "West Chicago Landowners' Protective Association" warns those on Halsted Street of the proposed street widening.

Addams asks Treat for suggestions on neighborhood improvement for presentation at the National Council Charities and Corrections in Portland.

Addams testifies before the Board of Local Improvements in opposition to the widening of Halsted Street because of its potential impact upon Hull-House.

Addams asks Forbush for suggestions on neighborhood improvement for presentation at the National Council Charities and Corrections in Portland.

Addams writes Kent about the playground situation in the neighborhood and teases him its his fault she is busy writing a series of articles for the American Magazine.

Lathrop tells Addams that there was a demand to prepare a pamphlet regarding playgrounds in the District of Columbia.

Addams gave this speech at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, reporting on the activities of the Committee on Neighborhood Improvement.

Addams argues for the regulation of public recreation to provide safe venues for women, youth, and communities.

Addams argues for the creation of entertainments for urban dwellers for recreation and relaxation.

Addams argues for the creation of entertainments for urban dwellers for recreation and relaxation. This is an excerpt of  Addams' speech, Public Recreation and Social Morality.

Addams advocates for public recreational spaces for the benefit of all.

Wickerman lays out three stipulations the Municipal Museum must follow to borrow a room in the Library Building.

Addams argues for the value of recreation and urban spaces for play in the life of a society.

Addams argues that tenement conditions are bad and that regulations are needed to prevent worsening conditions.

The Houston Post summarizes Addams' statesments on the need for public recreation for girls.

Addams offers a strong indictment against old fashioned religious education and argues that the church, in order to encourage modern youth to see the validity of religion, must engage the realities and distractions of urban life.

Addams discusses the problems that charity workers face when they bring middle-class assumptions about the poor to their efforts to practically help them.

The West Chicago Landowners' Protective Association wishes Addams to sign a petition against the widening of Halsted Street.

Addams argues for women to have the vote in order that they may continue to perform their duties to family and to home in the modern world, where responsibilities, like feeding their children and keeping them safe, are no long directly within their control.

In this abridged version of "The Gospel of Recreation," Addams argues for the value of recreation and urban spaces for play in the life of a society.