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Statement on Apprenticeship System, April 19, 1901

Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.

Child Labor Education Manufacturing

Statement on Paris Hull House, May 28, 1901

Addams disputes a claim that a settlement house based on Hull-House was to be established in Paris.

France Settlement Movement

Statement on the Safety of the Streets at Night, June 1, 1901

Addams comments how the streets would be safer at night if they were better lit.

Statement on Wife Desertion, June 17, 1901

Addams argues against Bicknell's claims that one of the top reasons that men desert their wives is due to poor cooking skills.

Gender Roles

Statement on Expansion of Women's International Labor League, July 19, 1901 (excerpt)

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

Labor Lectures Women

Statement on Proposed Housemaid Union Strike, August 9, 1901

Addams discusses the fear that if the Housemaid's union strikes, men will take their place permanently.

Gender Roles Labor

Statement on Abraham Isaak and Chicago Anarchists, September 8, 1901

Addams asks the Mayor for permission to see Abraham Isaak and other anarchists arrested in the wake of the McKinley assassination.

Anarchism Courts Crime Immigrants

Comments on Abraham Isaak, September 9, 1901

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Crime Crime Enforcement Immigrants

Statement on Abraham Isaak, September 10, 1901

Newspaper coverage of Addams' statements involving her interest in the case of anarchist Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Civil Rights Immigrants Politics

Statement on Clement Pfuetzner, October 20, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams remarks on an altercation between Clement Pfuetzner and socialists meeting at Hull House.

Statements on H. H. Powers, October 26, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams, Thomas, and Gunsaulus decry the proposal of H. H. Powers to exterminate the feeble-minded for the benefit of the strong.

Statement on Young Couples and Housekeeping, December 27, 1901 (excerpt)

Addams comments on Judge E. F. Dunne's statement that $25 is enough for a young couple to start housekeeping. This was taken from a longer article on the topic.

Home Economics Lectures

Statement on New Year's Resolutions, January 1, 1902

Addams' gives a brief quote on New Years resolutions.

Morality Writings

Thoughts on the Comic Valentine, February 2, 1902

Addams dismisses comic valentines as coarse at a meeting of the Ravenswood Woman's Club.

Child Welfare Holidays Morality

Comment on Corporal Punishment, March 14, 1902

Addams responds to judges ordering parents to administer corporal punishment to juvenile delinquents. This was part of a longer new article.

Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Youth

Statement on Child Labor at the Hull House Summer School, July 3, 1902

Addams discusses child labor, the topic of an upcoming lecture at the Summer School.

Child Labor Education Hull-House Lectures

Reply to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews, August 17, 1902

Addams responds to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews provocative statement that unmarried individuals "have no place in society nor in the scheme of the universe." This is part of a longer article that quotes many people.

Marital Relations Writings

Statement at the Negro Exposition, August 27, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams attends the Middle States and Mississippi Valley Negro Exposition and comments that in future the work of women will equal that of men.

African-Americans

Statement on Women Workers Marriages, December 6, 1902 (excerpt)

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.

Labor Marital Relations

Statement on Child Labor and the Plight of Orphans, June 4, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper account of Addams' statement on raising of women's clubs funds to support child care for widows attending school.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Statement on Widows Pensions, October 28, 1903

Addams discusses which widows can be granted scholarships for their children.

Child Welfare Education Women

Statement on High Schools, November 4, 1903

Addams argues for more high schools with better furnishings.

Children Education

Statement on Charges Against Hull-House, November 11, 1903

Addams denies an accusation that Hull-House turned away a woman appealing for help.

Charity Criticism Health Hull-House

Statement on Carrying Concealed Weapons, December 22, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams opposes citizens carrying concealed weapons.

Crime Legislation

Statement on Civil Service Hiring, April 4, 1904 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the procedure for hiring civil servants in the light of Charles B. Ball's appointment of sanitary inspector.

Chicago Civil Service

Announcement of the Eighteenth Annual Competition for the Victor F. Lawson Medals, March 26, 1906

The Chicago Board of Education is hosting an essay writing competition sponsored by Victor F. Lawson of the Chicago Daily News.

Education

Statement on a Conference Held at Hull-House, June 9, 1906

Statement on a conference held at Hull-House.

Courts Crime Enforcement Law Youth

Statement on Theater Censorship, May 2, 1907 (excerpt)

Addams supports the idea of regulating theaters aimed at juvenile audiences, but not banning children from attending.

Censorship Morality Police Social Work Theater

Testimonial of Raymond Robins, September 11, 1907

Addams' recommendation of Raymond Robins.

Praise

Statement Against Expanding the Navy, January 15, 1909 (summary)

Newspaper report of a leaflet Addams and others produced in opposition to the enlargement of the U.S. Navy.

Criticism Government Military Peace War

Call for a Lincoln Conference on the Negro Question, February 12, 1909

Addams is one of a number of people who sign a call for a conference to examine the situation of African-Americans since emancipation. Various versions of the call appeared in newspapers across the country.

African-Americans Civil Rights Conferences Racism

Endorsement for Alexander McCormick for Cook County Board of Commissioners, 1912

Addams praises Alexander McCormick for his experience and service to immigrants and supporting his candidacy for commissioner.

Immigrants Jobs

Statement on Labor Actions, January 2, 1912

Newspaper report of an Addams' statement about the causes of violent labor actions being antiquated laws.

Anarchism Crime Labor Legislation

Statement at the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society Meeting, January 30, 1912

Addams notes that Peter Bartzen was not among the National Institute of Arts and Letters's forty "immortals."

Children Education

Statement on Woman Suffrage, Progressive Party, [August] 1912

Wharton Barker's statement on woman suffrage for use by the Progressive Party.

Woman Suffrage

Statement on Minimum Wage, January 14, 1913

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

Industry Labor

Lead Poisoning, 1913

American Association for Labor Legislation factsheet on the health hazards of lead poisoning.

Public Health

Statement on Militant Suffrage, October 15, 1913

Addams explains why she will not join the Emmeline Pankhurst welcome committee.

Woman Suffrage

Statements on Wilson Administration, December 16, 1913

A news account of Addams' criticism of President Wilson on woman suffrage and affirmation of her membership in the Progressive Party.

Politics Woman Suffrage

Statement on Police Brutality during Picketing, February 23, 1914 (excerpts)

Addams notes the role of private detectives in violence during picketing.

Labor Police

Statement on Women Running for Political Office, March 15, 1914 (excerpt)

Addams responds to suggestions that she run for Mayor of Chicago by indicating that she feels women do not have the experience to serve in political offices.

Feminism Politics Women's Rights