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Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, January 23, 1907

Kelley praises Newer Ideals of Peace and makes plans to see Addams at Hull-House.

Friends Requests Woman Suffrage

Mary Thorn Lewis Gannett to Jane Addams, January 25, 1907

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

Conferences Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, May 7, 1908

Thomas apologizes for the delay in responding and discusses the impact of Addams' lectures on the suffrage cause.

Finances Health Lectures Woman Suffrage

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, October 05, 1908

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

Education Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, November 1911

Addams sends Haldeman her travel schedule in the hopes of seeing her while she is in New York.

Family Travels Visits

Jane Addams to Ada Lois James, December 12, 1911

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

Meetings Travels Woman Suffrage

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 2, 1912

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.

Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, January 5, 1912

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.

Friends Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, January 5, 1912

Addams sends McCulloch some letters and suggests a meeting to discuss plans for the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Milwaukee.

Meetings Requests

Belle Case La Follette to Jane Addams, January 22, 1912

La Follette writes Addams about the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in regard to the 1912 Presidential Election.

Politics Requests

Belle Case La Follette to Mary Ware Dennett, January 22, 1912

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.

Legislation Politics Progressive Requests Woman Suffrage

Why Women Should Vote, January 25, 1912

Addams connects woman suffrage with social work, arguing that women's voices are necessary for the improvement of social and labor conditions and that all -- social workers and housewives -- have a stake in making laws, which protect women, children, and families. Addams likely gave this speech on multiple occasions. This speech was also published in the Chicago Tribune on February 4, 1912.

Consumerism Education Lectures Politics Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Belle Case La Follette, February 5, 1912

Addams writes La Follette about an amendment that passed the Executive Board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Meetings

Jane Addams to Anna Marcet Haldeman, March 9, 1912

Addams discusses plans to visit Haldeman in Philadelphia to see her perform in Ben Hur.

Family Meetings Theater Travels

Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, March 21, 1912

Addams asks Breckinridge to assist a woman in Louisiana in finding a speaker, probably on woman suffrage.

Requests

Jane Addams to Harriet Burton Laidlaw, April 10, 1912

Addams asks Laidlaw to bring to the next meeting ideas for improving the nomination and election process for the National Woman Suffrage Association.

Meetings Memberships Woman Suffrage

Ada Lois James to Jane Addams, May 28, 1912

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

Labor Politics Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, July 11, 1912

Addams introduces Marjorie Johnson to Blaine to assist in the suffragist cause.

Friends Woman Suffrage

Martha Carey Thomas to Marjorie Daw Johnson, July 23, 1912

Thomas asks Johnson to collect as much money as possible for the Woman's Journal and sends copies of the letter to Jane Addams and Sophonisba Breckinridge.

Finances Woman Suffrage

Anna Howard Shaw to Jane Addams, August 16, 1912

Shaw writes to Addams to clarify the awkward situation between the National and State associations for suffrage in navigating the Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft campaigns.

Politics Woman Suffrage

Why I Seconded Roosevelt's Nomination, August 17, 1912

Addams defends her decision to support the Progressive Party in the face of criticism from woman suffrage activists who prefer non-partisan activism.

Criticism Politics Woman Suffrage

The Progressive Party and Woman Suffrage, September 1912

Addams argues for women's increased participation in politics and defends her decision to back a political party. This is one of a series of articles she prepared for the Central Press Association as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

Philanthropy Politics Woman Suffrage

Harriet Taylor Upton to Frances Alice Kellor, September 6, 1912

Upton is surprised that the leader of the Progressive Party is against suffrage while those who head the Republicans are for it.

Politics Woman Suffrage

Mary Rozet Smith to Ada Lois James, September 24, 1912

On behalf of Addams, Smith writes James about Addams's speaking engagements in Wisconsin and clarifies that she endorsed the Progressive Party as an individual and not on behalf of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jessie Ashley to Jane Addams, October 17, 1912

Ashley protests against Addams for making a statement attacking Mary Towle at a board meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Legislation Woman Suffrage

Clara Landsberg to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, October 19, 1912

Landsberg, writing for Addams, sends Breckinridge two letters regarding a misunderstanding at a recent meeting of the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Finances Requests Woman Suffrage

Lena Morrow Lewis to Jane Addams, October 20, 1912

Lewis criticizes Addams and the Progressive Party for claiming to be the only party supporting women's suffrage, as the Socialist Party has supported the suffrage movement since its founding in 1901.

Criticism Politics Socialism Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams Points to the Progressive Party as Hope for Woman Suffrage, October 27, 1912

Addams argues for women's increased participation in politics and defends her decision to back a political party.

Philanthropy Politics Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Jane Addams to Alice M. Sanders, November 18, 1912

Addams tells Sanders that though NAWSA officers disagreed over participation in the recent election, she did not foresee difficulties ahead.

Woman Suffrage

The Communion of the Ballot, November 24, 1912

Addams' keynote address before the National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Philadelphia argues that women must have the ballot in order to maintain their moral and familial role for the betterment of society.

Government Immigrants Lectures Philanthropy Social Work Woman Suffrage

The Communion of the Ballot, December 14, 1912 (excerpt)

An excerpt from Addams' November 24 speech to the National Woman Suffrage Association meeting highlights her ideas about mother's pensions, immigrant socialization, and recreation.

Gender Roles Government Immigrants Poverty Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, January 17, 1913

A circular sent to members of the National Council of Women to gather strength against a proposed Militia Pay Bill and increased militarism in the United States.

Government Military Peace Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 5, 1913

Addams provides Haldeman with details about her travel plans in New York, Egypt, Sicily, and Budapest.

Travels

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

Speech on Woman Suffrage, March 9, 1914

Addams speaks on women's suffrage in Birmingham and declares that women's voting power would be used to combat child labor.

Child Labor Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Madeline McDowell Breckinridge to Jane Addams, October 1914

Breckinridge discusses the upcoming National American Woman Suffrage Association conference in Nashville, particularly the host location.

Woman Suffrage

Elizabeth Thacher Kent to Jane Addams, October 1914

Kent suggests moving the National American Woman Suffrage Convention meeting back so that delegates working on electoral campaigns can attend.

Conferences Requests Woman Suffrage

Need a Woman Over Fifty Feel Old?, October 1914

Addams explains how middle-aged women still contribute to society, providing examples.

Child Labor Child Welfare Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Temperance Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Some American Women Over Fifty Years of Age, October 1914

Addams discusses how older women can contribute to society in beneficial ways by providing examples. The article was published in the Ladies' Home Journal.

Child Labor Child Welfare Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Temperance Thanks Woman Suffrage Women's Rights Writings

Jane Addams to Madeline McDowell Breckinridge, October 6, 1914

Addams invites Breckinridge to speak at the annual meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association in Nashville.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 20, 1914

Addams will be traveling frequently in the next few weeks but will continue to write.

Family Travels Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Susan Walker FitzGerald, November 23, 1914

Addams no longer wants to accept the position of Honorary Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association because the restrictions and duties of the office.

Memberships Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Susan Walker FitzGerald, November 23, 1914

Addams will no longer accept the position of Honorary Vice President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association because the restrictions and duties of the office.

Memberships Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, December 21, 1914

Addams details her plans to issue invitations to specific women's organizations rather than a general call for the upcoming peace meeting in Washington.

Conferences Peace Requests