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Statement on Open Peace Parley, December 21, 1916

Addams remarks that Germany's recent public peace offer is a step in the right direction.

Jane Addams to Woman's Peace Party Members, February 7, 1917

Addams explains what the National Office of the Woman's Peace Party has been doing as the United States is on the brink of war.

Foreign Policy Germany Internationalism Memberships Peace Politics World War I

Cassen Eugene Parsons to Jane Addams, February 7, 1917

Parsons goes over multiple points about the current climate around the war in Europe and how President Wilson can keep America neutral.

Foreign Policy France Germany Military Peace Politics World War I

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, February 9, 1917

Kellogg summarizes an American Union Against Militarism meeting during which members grappled with ideas about war.

Germany Meetings Morality Religion World War I

Lawrence Yates Sherman to Jane Addams, February 13, 1917

Sherman tells Addams that he believes a referendum vote for peace would not do any good, even though he sees war as a last resort.

Criticism Germany Peace War World War I

Elizabeth Breeze Vermilye to Jane Addams February 19, 1917

Vermilye criticizes Addams's request for a referendum and explains that there are some times when war is necessary to protect the nation.

Criticism Germany Patriotism Peace Politics War World War I

Jane Addams to the International Women's Committee for Permanent Peace, German Section, March 1, 1917

Addams telegrams the German section of the International Women's Committee for Permanent Peace that American women send greetings and hope that war will not come.

Germany Peace World War I

Charles A. Love to Jane Addams, March 2, 1917

Love writes to Addams about Germany's warmongering and condemns its militarism.

Foreign Policy Germany Internationalism Patriotism World War I

Kemmie B. Fidler Slade to Jane Addams, May 1, 1917

Slade praises Addams' her recent comments on Germany's food scarcity.

Food Shortages Germany Morality Peace World War I

James A. J. Atkinson to Jane Addams, May 11, 1917

Atkinson criticizes Addams's continued work for peace, claiming that the time has come to support the war effort.

Criticism Germany Military Peace Public Opinion World War I

Pan Preparedness, May 15, 1917

Zueblin argues that Prussian militarism is the real enemy and that the war pits militarism against democracy

Democracy Germany Internationalism Military Peace Prussia Social Justice World War I

Otto Peretz Schwarzschild to the Editor, June 8, 1917

Schwarzschild writes to newspaper editors proposing an office to help exchange messages between Americans and their relatives living in the Central Powers.

Censorship Germany World War I

Anonymous ("Old German Lady") to Jane Addams, June 12, 1917

The writer thanks Addams for her efforts for peace and decries America's treatment of Germany and Germans.

Germany Praise World War I

Everest Amasa Judd to Jane Addams, June 12, 1917

Judd disagrees with Addams's statement about food shortages in Germany and sends an argument.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Peace Poland World War I

Miss Addams' Own Words vs. Herald's Quotation, June 12, 1917 (excerpt)

The Herald apologizes for misquoting Addams's statement about German-Americans and the enty of the United States in World War I.

Germany Lectures World War I

John Henry Hopkins to Jane Addams, June 14, 1917

Hopkins tells Addams why she is wrong, and why Germany must be defeated at this time.

Criticism Germany Internationalism World War I

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 24, 1917

Henderson describes pro-World War I propaganda and tells Addams that he now supports peace.

Germany Peace Public Opinion World War I

Vachel Lindsay to Jane Addams, June 26, 1917

Lindsay tells Addams that he has issued a series of war poems and discusses his conflicted thought on it.

Germany Poetry World War I

Ten Minutes with the Editor, July 1917

Moore writes that Addams is "pathetic" because of a recent lecture she made in Chicago. The topic of the speech was on the lack of consideration of German-born citizens before the United States entrance into the War.

Criticism Germany World War I

Christian Sihler to Jane Addams, July 1, 1917

Sihler tells Addams he added her name to a list of subscribers to a potential publication about Germany.

Germany Help!Peace Publishing

Plain Dealer's Post Box, July 1, 1917

Various people write letters to the German Republic of their responses to a piece by the editor.

Germany Publishing War

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, November 12, 1917

Mead shares her opinion on the League of Nations and organization of the Woman's Peace Party.

Germany Meetings Peace World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Jane Addams, November 13, 1917

Mead suggests several edits to a prepared statement made for the Annual Meeting of the Woman's Peace Party. Mead, particularly, stresses the importance of patriotism.

Germany Patriotism Recommendations World War I

Lucia Ames Mead to Alice Thacher Post, November 17, 1917

Mead explains the need for strong language and government support in a prepared statement for the Annual meetings of the Woman's Peace Party.

Germany Meetings Peace Russia World War I

Charlotte Perkins Gilman to Jane Addams, ca. April 1918 (excerpt)

Gilman tells Addams about her views on peace and willingness to participate in the Congress After the War.