Maude tells Addams about efforts to bring Tatyana Tolstoya to the United States to speak on her father and asks her to write an introduction to a translation of What Then Must We Do?
Maude tells Addams that Countess Tolstoya has cancelled her American trip, and asks her to write an introduction for a reprint of What Then Must We Do?
Addams responds to the Daughters of the American Revolution's prepared questions about the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, disarmament, and other current events. This event was held at Mission Memorial Hall in Honolulu.
The International Congress of Women's report of activities including Jane Addams's address, resolutions, and a report of the work done by the delegations to European capitals.
Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.
Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.
Addams discusses her work with the International Congress of Women, the delegations to European leaders, and her views on the need for peace. The event was held at the Chicago Auditorium and attended by both peace activists and the general public, and chaired by Charles L. Hutchinson.
Addams congratulates the delegates for their work, discusses the Congress' findings, and calls for a greater spirit of internationalism. She notes that the task falls to women to complete.
Passages taken from Addams book "Newer Ideas of Peace," in which she argues against war on the grounds that it is something that is beneath the ideas of modern man, something not to be admired, and a waste of time and energy.
