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Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, February 3, 1906

Breckinridge returns some materials about the lobbying for an investigation of working conditions for women and discusses the status of the work.

Government Labor

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, April 1, 1906

Breckinridge expresses her gratitude to Addams for writing her piece in the March Ladies' Home Journal and how it inspired her.

Praise

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, March 15, 1908

Breckinridge suggests that Addams meet with Oscar Strauss, and Cyrus Adler.

Requests

Jane Addams, Louise de Koven Bowen, Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Unknown (re: Edward A. and Sara L. Steiner), [March 12], 1909

Addams, Bowen, and Breckinridge invite an unknown person to Hull-House for a meeting of professors and the League for the Protection of Immigrants.

Immigrants Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Francine Collins Palmer, Feb. 1911

Replying to a letter Palmer had sent to Jane Addams, Breckinridge asks permission to send a worker from a United Charities to check on Palmer's impoverished family member.

Friends Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, March 13, 1911

Breckinridge writes Addams about finances, planning, and expected attendees of the upcoming Child Welfare Exhibit in Chicago.

Child Labor Conferences Finances

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Lewis A. Kalbach, March 24, 1911

Breckinridge suggests Graham Taylor in place of Addams to serve on the Congress on Public Assistance in Antwerp.

Conferences Requests Travels

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Noah Baxter Feagin, April 3, 1911

Breckinridge sends Feagin a copy of the Settlement Bibliography as a resource for researching Chicago philanthropic women.

Charities Requests Social Work

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, May 9, 1911

Breckinridge writes Addams about the distribution of leaflets for the Dunning Foreign Tours.

Travels

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, August 2, 1911

Breckinridge sends Addams The Three Plays by Brieux.

Theater

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, November 21, 1911

Breckinridge returns Ovington's letter (not found) to Addams.

Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, December 6, 1911

Breckinridge sends Addams a photograph.

Photography

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, December 18, 1911

Breckinridge writes about confusion over letters Addams sent from Mrs Long and Ina Robertson.

Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, February 26, 1912

Breckinridge writes Addams about meeting times in Philadelphia and Washington and mentions a report from the Bureau of Labor that she sent to Addams.

Meetings Travels

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, April 4, 1912

Breckinridge reminds Addams that she is writing an article for the Progressive Republican Daily.

Publishing Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, April 17, 1912

Breckinridge writes Addams about some political intrigue related to the Mississippi Valley Conference .

Conferences Woman Suffrage

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Crystal Eastman, May 10, 1912

In Jane Addams' absense, Breckinridge asks Benedict to answer the enclosed letter (not found).

Requests Theater Travels

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, July 18, 1912

Breckinridge accepts Addams' invitation to a dinner at Hull-House.

Friends Hull-House Visits

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge for Jane Addams to Fred Biffar, August 21, 1912

Breckinridge writes to Biffar on behalf of Addams to thank him for supporting the Progressive Party.

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Mrs. Lloyd W. Howe, August 21, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Breckinridge declines Howe's invitation to Addams to give a suffrage speak in Michigan.

Travels

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge for Jane Addams to Mary MacMillan, August 21, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Breckinridge writes MacMillan that she will send the requested photograph of Addams.

Photography Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge for Jane Addams to Elmer E. Hubbard, August 21, 1912

Breckinridge notes that Addams will consider the views sent by Hubbard.

Public Opinion

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to John Baptis Rayner, August 26, 1912

On behalf of Jane Addams, Breckinridge thanks Rayner for his note and the clippings he sent.

African-Americans Thanks

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, October 1912

Breckinridge suggests that Addams accepts Richard Cabot's request on attached letter.

Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Ethel Harley Tweedie, October 8, 1912

Breckinridge writes Tweedie about Addams' Progressive Party speaking schedule in the hopes that Tweedie will come to Chicago for a visit after the election in November.

Hull-House Visits Lectures

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Evelyn Julia Shankle, October 9, 1912

Breckinridge writes Shankle that the Chicago community is already devoting funds to other educational projects and cannot support Shankle's request for funds at this time.

Education Philanthropy Requests

Jane Addams to Maria B. McCabe Hall, October 21, 1912

Breckinridge suggests some options to Hall, who is searching for a long lost aunt.

Crime Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, November 1912

Breckinridge asks Addams's advice about some filling job positions and the 50th anniversary of emancipation.

African-Americans Celebrations Hull-House Residents Jobs Requests Social Welfare

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, November 19, 1912

Breckinridge sends Addams some letters for her consideration (not found).

Requests

Jane Addams et al. to Harry Pratt Judson, November 25, 1912

The Provisional Committee on Emancipation Celebration invites Judson to a conference celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation becoming effective.

Celebrations Meetings Requests

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, August 26, 1913

The Chicago branch of the NAACP protests the Wilson administration's apparent racial discrimination in the federal civil service.

Government Jobs Politics Race Racism Requests

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 18, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Wilson to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Government Immigration Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams et al. to Louis Freeland Post, October 18, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Post to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Government Immigration Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams et al. to Emmeline Pankhurst, October 19, 1913

Addams and other Chicago women send a message to Emmeline Pankhurst in solidarity with her, appalled at her detention at Ellis Island.

Government Immigration Woman Suffrage

Summary of Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 19, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Wilson to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Civil Rights Government Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams et al. to Edward C. Brown, February 4, 1914

Addams and others ask Brown for a donation to the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Charity Labor Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Ernest P. Bicknell, February 4, 1914

Breckinridge sends Bicknell the letter Addams recieved from Mrs. Durnajieff.

Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to George Edmund Haynes, February 5, 1914

Breckinridge seeks information about Etnah Rochon.

Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Estelle B. Sharp, February 5, 1914

Breckinridge informs Sharp that neither she nor Addams can help her with her survey, but suggests Dr. Charles R. Henderson.

Requests Sociology

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, July 11, 1914

Breckinridge sends a letter to Addams regarding a young man seeking help to finish his education.

Education

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Willie Thomas Stansberry Leonard, March 20, 1915

Breckinridge responds for Addams to Leonard's inquiry about Trojan Women claiming that Addams believed it the "great peace document of all time."

Peace Requests Theater

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 29, 1915

Addams explains to Wilson that making preparations for war, while maintaining neutrality, would damage the United States' international reputation.

Peace Politics Preparedness Requests War World War I

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, December 26, 1915

Breckinridge sends Addams a confusing telegram from Emily Greene Balch.

Peace Requests

Testimony Before the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 11, 1916

Addams, Lucy Mead, Crystal Eastman, and Sophonisba Breckinridge testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on preparedness and the United States' role in World War I.

China Economics Foreign Policy Internationalism Japan Military Peace Politics War World War I

Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 11, 1916 (fragment)

Addams, Lucia Mead, Crystal Eastman, and Sophonisba Breckinridge testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, arguing against preparedness and suggesting ways to end the war.

China Economics Foreign Policy Internationalism Japan Military Peace Politics United States World War I

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, January 27, 1916

Breckinridge sends $1,000 to the International Committee and promises to send $1,000 in the future.

Finances Peace

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to Jane Addams, August 30, 1916

Breckinridge seeks Addams' advice about publishing is unsure of whether a flawed pamphlet should be issued by the Arts Committee of the Woman's Peace Party.

Peace Requests

Sophonisba P. Breckinridge to ICWPP--International Congress of Women After the War--Delegates and Alternates--U.S., November 21, 1916

Breckinridge writes to discuss meeting plans for the Woman's Peace Party and Conference of American Representatives of Oppressed or Dependent Nationalities.

Conferences Internationalism Peace