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Addams reports that when Lindsey was not nominated for re-election by either party, the women of Denver elected him as an independent.

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Thomas invites Addams to be the primary speaker for a College Equal Suffrage Committee that would bring Addams, Florence Kelley, Alice Park and Anna Howard Shaw to campuses to interest college women in forming suffrage associations.

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Gannett invites Addams to the National Women's Suffrage Association meeting in February.

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A newspaper report and excerpts from Addams' February 17 speech at the National Suffrage Convention, after the defeat of municipal suffrage for women in Chicago.

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Addams notifies Breckinridge about a meeting of the Committee for the Extension of Municipal Suffrage for Chicago Women.

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Thomas lays out a series of lectures for Addams during a visit to Pennsylvania and Boston in March 1908 and asks Addams to consider taking on an additional lecture.

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Burritt writes Addams for advice about drawing a connection between immigrant women and the suffrage movement and compliments her on Newer Ideals of Peace.

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Addams declines to sign a letter McCulloch sent her because it fails to strike the right tone. This letter is likely related to a statement McCulloch released on December 6 about Theodore Roosevelt's support for women's suffrage.

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Thomas asks Addams to reconsider participating in the Equal Suffrage Council of College Women meeting to be held in Buffalo, New York.

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Addams invites Thomas to speak about suffrage as part of a second push to secure municipal voting rights for women in Chicago.

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Addams asks Whitlock to visit Hull-House and make a speech to a woman's suffrage group while in Chicago.

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Whitlock declines Addams' request to lecture before a suffrage committee, but he accepts her offer to visit Hull-House.

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Addams asks Booth to thank Anita McCormick Blaine for her donation to the the Committee for the Extension of Municipal Suffrage for Chicago Women.

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Nicholes invites Whitlock and his wife to a suffrage meeting and to stay at Hull-House when he is in Chicago.

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Ella Stewart sends Whitlock a check to cover his expenses for traveling to Chicago to speak with suffragists.

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Addams sends Haldeman a postcard regarding the suffrage movement.

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In terms of securing their rights, Addams argues that women in America lag behind their European counterparts.

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Addams discusses the movement for municipal suffrage for women in Chicago, arguing that it will help improve schools, public health, and sanitation.

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Addams argues women's need for the vote so that they can  perform their duties to family and the nation.

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A portion of Addams' speech from the Second Annual Peace Conference on May 4, 1909 about what women have done that have earned them suffrage.

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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.

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Bacon praises Addams' book The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets and writes about the progressive activities in which the women of her town are engaged.

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In an interview with James Evan Crown, Addams discusses the impact that woman suffrage is having on society. Addams later denied having taken part in this interview, specifically her comments on the poor.

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In this first installment of "Why Women Should Vote," Addams argues that antiquated notions of being a "lady" work against the woman suffrage movement.

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McClintock sends Addams a suffragist song she wrote for entry in a contest.

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Addams sends Breckinridge a letter from Rosa McClintock and the suffragist song McClintock wrote for entry in a contest.

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McClure asks Addams for permission to reprint "The Modern City and Municipal Franchise for Women" in McClure's Magazine.

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Addams argues that woman suffrage is long overdue.

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Pethick-Lawrence asks Addams to find a writer for an article for Votes For Women on the woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas.

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Strong requests an article from Addams on women's suffrage for use in Sunday school classes.

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Addams asks Haldeman to find a suffragist who can write a good article for a British paper on the woman mayor Hunnewell, Kansas.

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An excerpt from Addams' address to the National American Woman Suffrage Association, on October 21, 1911, in Louisville, Kentucky, arguing that the desire for woman suffrage comes from women's desires for better social conditions.

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Roosevelt compliments Addams's article in McClure's, which argues that woman's suffrage will lift up women from vice. But he also offers a caution that women's suffrage could fail to impart real change as suffrage failed to impart real change for African Americans in the South.

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Addams writes Crane about a misunderstanding in regard to the leadership of the National American Woman Suffrage Convention in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Addams sends Breckinridge a letter (not found) from a potential employee for Breckinridge's Research Department, and suffrage matters.

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Addams writes James about a planned suffrage meeting in Wisconsin.

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Addams declines Kent's request to speak at a suffrage meeting in Philadelphia.

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Thomas follows up on a previous meeting with Addams at which they discussed her research and writing about prostitution. Thomas contradicts Addams' assertion that prostitution is a product of more advanced societies.

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Addams writes James about plans for a suffrage meeting in Milwaukee.

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An anonymous correspondent accuses Addams of being a "dupe" to Theodore Roosevelt.

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Kellor encourages women's organizations to join the Progressive Party and to participate in the upcoming campaign.

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Kellor encourages women to join the Progressive Party and to participate in the upcoming campaign.

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Bok's questions for a series of interviews with Jane Addams and other prominent women are intended to find an explanation for women's "unrest" and the factors that have led to their discontent.

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La Follett writes Addams about her reasons for resigning from the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and discusses plans for a convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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Addams expresses her disappointment but understanding that La Follette has resigned from the board of the National National American Woman Suffrage Association and agrees that Milwaukee will be a good location for the national convention.

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James writes Addams about activities of the suffrage movement in Wisconsin.

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La Follette writes Dennett about her reasoning for going off the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, recommends a successor, and shares some political opinions.

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The Chicago Tribune published an excerpted version of Addams' speech on woman suffrage in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 23, 1912.

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Addams discusses women's suffrage and the importance of it in American society at a speech to the Wisconsin Assembly on January 25.

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Report of Addams' speech in Milwaukee, that discusses the plight of prostitutes in a society when only men can vote. 

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