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Addams and Thomas argue why boys 14 and younger should be sent to school rather than work as messengers.

Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.

Addams criticizes trade schools in an address to the Chicago Institute.

Newspaper coverage of Addams' November 19 address to the Chicago Business Woman's Club linking child labor to laziness in adults.

Addams and Bodine discuss changes needed in compulsory education rules to make them more effective.

Addams addresses the Chicago Business Women's Club on factors that may cause children to grow into "tramps."

Addams' discusses child labor before the Los Angeles YWCA.

Addams discusses child labor, the topic of an upcoming lecture at the Summer School.

Addams discusses the settlement house's role as a charity and the means by which it appeals to the poor. She spoke at the Decatur Chautauqua.

Addams exhorts members of the Chicago Political Equality League to work against child labor and towards educating the poor.

Addams discussed the ills of child labor at a meeting of interested people in Chicago.

Addams holds that charitable work enables a better understanding of the poor, at a meeting of the Illinois Board of Charities and the Men's Club of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.

Addams proposes changes to the child labor and compulsory education laws for endorsement to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs.

Addams and De Bey urge Chicago clubwomen to visit factories to see the working conditions for children and discuss a measure that will make it more difficult to keep children out of school.

Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Addams discusses the problems of child labor in relation to compulsory education.

A 28-page illustrated pamphlet outlining the work and social conditions of newsboys and newsgirls, based on a two-day intensive investigation. In it the Committee proposes revisions in child labor laws to curb the worst excesses.

Newspaper summary of Addams' speech on child labor and the need for new laws.

Newspaper summary of Addams' talk describing child labor in the Southern factories.

Addams discusses the different methods of social work and describes how the settlement works to help society.

Addams details the evils of child labor and efforts to abolish it in Illinois.

Gompers thanks Addams for writing an article on child labor to be published in the American Federationist.

Addams notes that immigrant families are used to having children work but do not see the difference between farm and factory work.

Addams describes the plight of child labor and education in Chicago, especially in the case of immigrants.

Addams' draft speech, on child labor and education, given at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, in Atlanta.

Also known as Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of the talk given by Addams at the National Conference of Charities and Correction of 1903 on the effects of child labor.

Newspaper account of Addams' statement on raising of women's clubs funds to support child care for widows attending school.

Adams remarks on his pleasant stay at Hull-House and reports that he asked Almy to send Addams the Newsboy pamphlets from Buffalo and New York (not found).

Provides a publishing quote for Newsboy Conditions in Chicago.

Lawson responds to Addams letter about Albert G. Beaunisne's reaction to the newsboy legislation and encourages her to provide documentation to Beaunisne.

Addams recounts some of the ways child labor has ruined the future of those children exposed to it.

Beaunisne acknowledges seeing the proposed newsboy legislation and admits that he responded quickly and requests the report and proposed ordinance again so that he can give them more careful study. He reports long experience with newsboys and claims sympathy with their condition.

Addams addresses Chicago principals about enforcing the child labor law.

Also known as Address to the Catholic Women's League, November 7, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams speaks to the Catholic Women's League about the ways the poor are harmed by unthinking charitable efforts.

Addams writes to the members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs regarding the organization's work with child labor and the letter

McCormick agrees to join the National Child-Labor Committee and explains that he has not made a decision yet about Richard T. Ely's request.

Murphy seeks to interest Stanley McCormick and Anita Blaine in joining the National Child Labor Committee.

Addams encloses a message from Edgar Murphy and urges Blaine to support it.

Addams tells Kelley that she has joined the Child Labor Committee and asks about Kelley's son, John.

Kelley discusses a plan to keep children in school until the age of fourteen, and news of her children's summer plans.

Addams delivered this commencement address at the University of Chicago on December 20, 1904, the first woman to be a commencement speaker at the college.

Addams provides an introduction for a reprint of Myron E. Adams' article published in the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, on the working conditions of newspaper boys.

Addams gave this speech at a meeting of the National Child Labor Committee, held in New York City. In it she discussed the child labor reform work done in Chicago.

Speaking to the Society for Ethical Culture in Philadelphia, Addams argues that child labor is dangerous to the development of children's character and bodies.

Speaking at a child labor symposium sponsored by the Ethical Culture Society in Philadelphia, Addams discusses the sentimental and business arguments for protecting child workers.

Addams discusses the damage that child labor causes children, physically and mentally, and calls for it to be halted.

At the Saints Peter and Paul Episcopal Church, Addams argues against child labor.

Addams testifies that the system of child labor destroys genius, and how work on the stage damages children.

Addams discusses the evil effects of child labor on labor practices and education.

Short quote from Addams' speech in Milwaukee on child labor argues that industry wears out children in a heartless way.

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