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Comments on Abraham Isaak, September 9, 1901

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Crime Crime Enforcement Immigrants

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 10, 1901

Addams writes Haldeman about a package she received.

Family Thanks

Charles O. Boring to Jane Addams, September 10, 1901

Boring writes to Addams regarding anarchists, including Abraham Isaak, and the support Addams gave to them.

Anarchism Praise Public Opinion

Statement on Abraham Isaak, September 10, 1901

Newspaper coverage of Addams' statements involving her interest in the case of anarchist Abraham Isaak.

Anarchism Civil Rights Immigrants Politics

Clarence Seward Darrow to Jane Addams, September 11, 1901

Darrow writes to Addams about the defense of Abraham Isaak, Julia Mechanic, and other Chicago anarchists in relation to the assassination of President William McKinley.

Anarchism Law

Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, September 17, 1901

Addams discusses Emma Goldman's case with Wald.

Anarchism Crime Enforcement

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 20, 1901

Addams writes to Haldeman about the family members she saw in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Family Travels

Address to the National Conference of Unitarian and Other Christian Churches, September 25, 1901 Also known as The Church and the Social Problem, September 25, 1901

Addams recalls the different difficulties in creating an inviting and educational space for Italian immigrants.

Hull-House Immigrants Italy Lectures Social Work

Anonymous ("An American native born Anarchist") to Jane Addams, October 1, 1901

The author seeks Addams' help in convincing the government to aid in his cause to find an island where anarchists can live.

Anarchism Requests

Address to Hull-House Woman's Club, October 9, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the evils of the sweatshop system and urges women to look for the union label when shopping for goods.

Labor Lectures

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 11, 1901

Addams writes to Haldeman about Christmas plans and Weber Addams' illness.

Family Holidays

William Thomas Stead to Jane Addams, October 12, 1901

Stead writes to Addams regarding her support for the anarchists arrested in Chicago and includes copies of his own works on the topic.

Anarchism Hull-House Visits Requests

Samuel Gompers to Jane Addams, October 17, 1901

Gompers writes Addams regarding Ben Tillett's visit to Chicago and the prospect of Tillett delivering an address at Hull House.

Hull-House Visits Labor Lectures

Statement on Clement Pfuetzner, October 20, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams remarks on an altercation between Clement Pfuetzner and socialists meeting at Hull House.

Mary Rozet Smith to Florence Kelley, October 22, 1901

Smith writes to Kelley regarding education expenses for Sara as well as on the health of some of Kelley's friends in the neighborhood.

Education Health

Jane Addams to Charles E. Hulbert, October 24, 1901

Addams writes to Hulbert congratulating him and her niece, Esther, on the birth of their daughter.

Children Family

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, October 25, 1901

Addams writes Haldeman about the birth of Esther Hulbert's daughter and the family's condition.

Family

Statements on H. H. Powers, October 26, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams, Thomas, and Gunsaulus decry the proposal of H. H. Powers to exterminate the feeble-minded for the benefit of the strong.

Lecture on the University Social Settlement, October 29, 1901

A newspaper report of Addams' speech before the Woman's Club of Bloomington, on the work of the University Social Settlement. Addams provided a history of settlement work and the basic principles at Hull-House.

Hull-House Lectures Settlements