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Our Threatened Heritage, April 5, 1928

Bailie's exposé on the leaders of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism Feminism Gossip Government Peace Propaganda

Truth and Justice vs. the D. A. R. Court Martial, ca. 1928

Bailie tells her side of her dispute with the Daughters of the American Revolution and its blacklist.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Clubs Law

Jane Addams to Carrie Chapman Catt, May 31, 1927

Addams advises Catt that the attacks made against her by the Daughters of the American Revolution are a blend of truth and fiction.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism

Chicago's Mayor Turns Censor, November, 1927

Addams examines Mayor William Hale Thompson's censorship of British books and influences.

Books Censorship Chicago England Government Help!Immigrants Politics

American Civil Liberties Union National Council

Censorship Civil Rights

The Necessity for Leadership in the Americanization Movement, June 19, 1920 (summary)

Addams's discussion of the role of immigrants in America was summarized in the published proceedings of the Biennial of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Des Moines.

Censorship Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts

Statement on Theater Censorship, May 2, 1907 (excerpt)

Addams supports the idea of regulating theaters aimed at juvenile audiences, but not banning children from attending.

Censorship Morality Police Social Work Theater

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, March 16, 1920

Addams comments on Kellogg's recent discussions about Anita Whitney.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Help!Journalism Onsite

Chafee, Zechariah, Jr. (1885-1957)

Anti-radicalism Censorship Civil Rights Law Philosophy United States

Speech at Auditorium Recital Hall, February 22, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams and Catt opposes the efforts of the government to deport immigrant radicals because of their political beliefs.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Criticism Free Speech Government Immigrants Lectures

Keepers of the Faith Photograph, February 7, 1920

Addams's photograph was included in a gallery of Keepers of the Faith, along with a caption noting that the Justice Department had her under surveillance.

Censorship Government Photography

The Tribune and Miss Addams, February 14, 1920

The Survey corrects the February 7 article that indicated that Addams was under surveillance by the Justice Department.

Censorship Government Journalism

The Open Forum: The Place for Free Discussion and Tolerance in American Progress, January 31, 1920

Gage discusses the role of open discussion with reference to the Haymarket uprising.

Censorship Civil Rights Free Speech Labor

Jane Addams to Upton Sinclair, August 17, 1922

Addams tells Sinclair about a time when her suffrage speech was banned from the University of Michigan's campus.

Censorship Lectures Woman Suffrage

The Greatest Free Speech Trial of the War, February 1921

The American Civil Liberties Unions seeks funding for an appeal of the Industrial Workers of the World conspiracy case.

Anti-radicalism Censorship Courts Free Speech Labor

Albert De Silver to American Civil Liberties Union Members, February 15, 1921

De Silver asks American Civil Liberties Union members to allow the use of their names in an advertisement regarding the International Workers of the World free speech case.

Censorship Courts Free Speech Requests

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 6, 1920

Kellogg tells Addams about Edward Krehbiel's efforts for Anita Whitney.

Censorship Free Speech

Vilma Glücklich to Marguerite Gobat, December 2, 1919

Glücklich describes the worsening political situation in Hungary.

Censorship Communism Hungary Politics

Crystal Eastman, Emily Greene Balch, Agnes Lisle Brown Leach, and Jessie Wallace Hughan to Jane Addams, December 6, 1918

Eastman, Balch, Leach, and Hughan express their eagerness to have an international meeting of the Women's Congress as suggested by Post.

Censorship Meetings Peace

Rosa Luxemburg to Sophie Liebknecht, December 1917

Luxemburg details her imprisonment for writing anti-war pamphlets, and asks for reading material.

Censorship Poland Prisons World War I

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 8, 1917

Kellogg tells Addams that he plans to go to Europe and asks for letters of recommendation. He also discusses issues concerning the Survey's article on conscientious objectors.

Censorship Conscientious Objectors Help!Peace Travels 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

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 13, 1917

Henderson sends Addams an anti-war article (not found) which he is having trouble having published.

Censorship Peace World War I

John Dennis Moore to Jane Addams, June 11, 1917

Moore hopes Addams won't be discouraged by press reaction to her speech.

Censorship Criticism Lectures Peace

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, April 16, 1917

Addams and others ask Wilson to ensure that free speech and democratic values are not lost during the war.

Censorship Free Speech Government Peace World War I

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