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Mary Chick to Gabrielle Laforcade Duchêne, June 17, 1927

Chick tells Duchêne that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's British Section meant to recommend a plan for a visit to China and has been misunderstood.

China England Peace

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Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge, and Amelia Sears to Herbert Clark Hoover, May 17, 1927

Addams asks Hoover whether the government plans to employ African-American social workers to ally rumors of race discrimination.

Government Racism Requests Social Work

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Herbert Clark Hoover to Jane Addams, May 19, 1927

Hoover thanks Addams for her telegram about African-American leaders.

Government Race

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, ca. January 1928

Addams updates Balch on efforts to publish Aletta Jacobs's manuscript.

Business Publishing

Calvin Coolidge to Cora Wilson Stewart, March 6, 1926

Coolidge writes Stewart in support of the work of the National Illiteracy Crusade.

Education Government United States

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, May 31, 1927

Addams advises Catt that the attacks made against her by the Daughters of the American Revolution are a blend of truth and fiction.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism

Jane Addams to Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, June 5, 1926

Addams tells Doty that she thinks they can afford only $1,000 for traveling costs for delegates to the International Congress of Women at Dublin.

Conferences Finances Peace

Secretary to Cleland Boyd McAfee to Charles Phineas Schwartz, January 11, 1927

McAfee's office notifies Schwartz that he will not be able to attend the Civic Dinner in Honor of Jane Addams.

Tributes

Charles Fletcher Dole to Amelia Sears, January 20, 1927

Dole telegrams Sears a statement honoring Jane Addams.

Peace Tributes

Forrest Cutter Bailey to Jane Addams, January 20, 1927

Bailey sends Addams a statement of praise for the Civic Dinner.

Praise Tributes

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, April 14, 1927

Addams asks Wald's opinion on hosting a meeting for Alexander Kerensky in Chicago.

Politics Requests Soviet Union

Dorothy L. Moore to Lea Demarest Taylor, January 19, 1927

Moore sends Taylor a message to Addams from the Social Workers Club for the Civic Dinner.

Tributes

Henry Street Settlement to Jane Addams, January 19, 1927

Residents of the Henry Street Settlement send greeting to the Civic Dinner in Honor of Jane Addams.

Praise Tributes

Jane Addams to Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, April 2, 1927

Addams instructs Doty that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom needs to incorporate in order to receive the Lauterbach bequest.

Finances Peace

Charles C. Cooper to Lea Demarest Taylor, January 19, 1927

Cooper sends Taylor a greeting for the Civic Dinner in Honor of Jane Addams.

Praise Tributes

John H. Witter to Jane Addams, January 18, 1927

Witter writes to Addams to praise her for her good deeds.

Praise

Margaret Grace Bondfield and Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, January 19, 1927

Bondfield and Wald send Addams congratulations for her work for the Civic Dinner.

Praise Tributes

Mary Ellen Richmond to Henry Porter Chandler, January 18, 1927

Richmond telegrams Chandler in support of Jane Addams for the Civic Dinner.

Praise Tributes

Jane Addams to Frederick Libby, March 21, 1927

Addams tells Libby she is happy to sign on the letter sent by the National Council For Prevention of War.

Peace Requests

James Grover McDonald to Anna Wilmarth Ickes, January 18, 1927

McDonald telegrams Ickes with a message for the Civic Dinner to Jane Addams.

Peace Praise Tributes

Dorothy Detzer to Jane Addams, March 17, 1927

Detzer tells Addams that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom wants to send two delegates to China, and suggests that the United States Section fund one.

China Peace