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Addams notes that many women reject domestic service because of its perceived social status.

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Addams speaks on uplifting and empowering the experiences of domestic workers.

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Addams comments on increasing the scope of the Women's International Labor League. This was taken from a longer news article.

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Addams discusses the progress of women and their importance to society in the western world and in Asia at a regional meeting of the Young Woman's Christian Association.

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Ickes lists out Hiram W. Johnson's legislative effort of interest to women.

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Addams discusses the impact of the proposed Illinois’ “Eight Hour Bill” on both men and women workers. She spoke at a meeting of the Joint Committee for the Women's Eight Hour Bill held at the Morrison Hotel.

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Addams discusses the importance of including women in labor conferences and organizing and congratulates them on their efforts.

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Addams discusses the beneficial effect of hard work on the morality of youth.

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Addams offers an anecdote about girls in business.

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Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

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Robinson outlines welfare efforts in England for a lecture.

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Addams explores the role that American women will have in rebuilding the world and the economy.

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A short excerpt on Addams's belief that women will remain a factor in industry after the war.

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Lindemann tells Addams about the plight of Germany and asks help employing German women.

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A pledge sent to Women's International League for Peace and Freedom members in Palo Alto, California, swearing to join in an international women's strike if war should break out.

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Older asks Addams for a statement protesting Anita Whitney's sentence for the San Francisco Call.

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

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Addams weighs in on the idea that women who work in household service are more likely to marry more frequently and in better circumstance. This is part of a longer article.

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Addams and Henrotin discuss the need to form a union for housewives at a meeting of the Chicago Workingwoman's Association.

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Women argue against setting a weekly salary of $2,50 because it was not sufficient to health and well-being.

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Addams reports on efforts of women in creating exhibits that discussed British efforts to provide adequate housing for impoverished families.

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Addams lobbies several Illinois state legislators to support the passage of a bill to limit women's labor to eight hours a day.

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Addams thanks Roelofs for materials on household employment, and refers her to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge and Edith Abbott.

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Addams remarks on the problem of overworked women.

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Roelofs asks Addams to support efforts to investigate and reform domestic labor practices.

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An eight-page pamphlet summarizing Roosevelt's political record on labor.

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Hamlin reports on a miner's strike near Saint Paul, describing police brutality against the miners.

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

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Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

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Addams explains how communities needs to provide more for the youths that live there, and how there really is not a girl problem, but a problem with how all youths are handled.

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Addams comments on the minimum wage for women while in New York, arguing that women workers in Chicago should earn between $8-10.

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Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Pittsburgh.

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Addams argues for a minimum wage for female workers. This is the third article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's role in affecting change.

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Addams provides the foreword for a report on the status of working girls, made by the National Federation of Settlements.

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Addams discusses working conditions for women and advocates for a minimum wage for female workers.

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Addams argues for the implementation of a minimum wage for female workers.

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

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James sends Addams a descriptive and financial report of the campaign activities of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

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An outline listing the Committee on Industrial Relations' steps to creating a safe and healthy workplace.

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Addams lays out the Progressive Party's pledge to working women--the prohibition of night work, the institution of the eight-hour day, and a minimum wage in sweated industry. This is one of a series of articles she prepared for the Central Press Association for the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

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Matheny informs Addams about the Progressive legislation agenda and suffrage in West Virginia and asks her to be a part of it all.

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Franklin reports to Addams that working women will not be represented at the peace conference. She hopes that Addams will not forget about them despite their absence.

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Addams explores the economic plight of young women that often drives them to prostitution and white slavery. This is the second in a five-part series, which would ultimately be published as A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil in 1912.

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An excerpt from Addams' March 22 speech at Faneuil Hall to the Boston Equal Suffrage Association and the Women's Trade Union League on the changes in women's work brought about by factory work.

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The Commission identifies problems regarding the labor of women and children and recommends solutions.

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The Commission on Industrial Relations sends Harriman their recommendations for improvements on women in industry to get her feedback.

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Addams describes the poverty of the Hull-House neighborhood in the early days of her work there. She discusses the lack of security and loneliness of the elderly, as well as child labor.

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Addams advocates for the value of organized recreation for working class women.

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Newspaper report of Addams' address to the South Side Woman's Club, dealing with how women can cope with the lack of servants by using prepared foods. The article was published under different headlines in multiple newspapers.

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A newspaper report that includes an excerpt from Addams' talk to the Hull-House Woman's Club on the object and history of the Women's Trade Union League.

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