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Thoughts on the Comic Valentine, February 2, 1902

Addams dismisses comic valentines as coarse at a meeting of the Ravenswood Woman's Club.

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Speech to the South Side League of Parents' Clubs Reunion, February 23, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the role of neighborhood centers can play in fostering community.

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Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

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Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, April, 1902

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

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Delinquent Children, May 31, 1902

Addams addresses the Merchants Club of Chicago regarding the stealing and gambling habits of young, immigrant boys.

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Chicago Boys' Club information sheet

Information about the work of the Chicago Boys' Club, including board of directors names.

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Address on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903

Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.

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Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, January 13, 1903 (excerpt)

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

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Social Science, January 28, 1903 (excerpts)

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

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Lecture to the Fortnightly Club, March 6, 1903 (excerpts)

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

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Comments on Child Labor, March 15, 1903 (excerpt)

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

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Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 20, 1903

Addams offers to share information about juvenile courts with Haldeman.

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Address to Second Congressional District of Illinois, September 29, 1903

Addams addresses the Second Congressional District of Illinois asks Chicago woman's clubs to establish a scholarship for children of widows.

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Child labor as a Factor in the Increase of Pauperism, October 4, 1903

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

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John F. Atkinson to Jane Addams, October 7, 1903

Atkinson reports on a meeting of the Boys' Club directors where he explained how he obtained the photograph of the Chicago American Distributing room, and he can now grant her permission to use it in her report.

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Address to the Chicago Principal's Association, October 10, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams addresses Chicago principals about enforcing the child labor law.

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Statement on Widows Pensions, October 28, 1903

Addams discusses which widows can be granted scholarships for their children.

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Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, August 19, 1904

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

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Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, September 13, 1904

Lindsey writes Addams that he is mailing her his booklet on juvenile court field work.

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Edith Leone Fulton Knodle to Jane Addams, December 8, 1904

Knodle asks Addams' advice on anyone suitable to work as a matron for the Indianapolis Day Nursery Association.

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Introductory Note to Children in American Street Trades, [1905]

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.

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Child Labor Legislation, a Requisite for Industrial Efficiency, February 15, 1905

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.

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Comments at the Roadside Settlement, February 28, 1905

Addams made remarks during a visit to a Des Moines settlement about the role that women's clubs play in social work.

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Modern Philanthropy and the Child, May 22, 1906

Addams discusses the value of playgrounds for urban children, emphasizing the situation for youth in London.

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Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, May 28, 1906

Lindsey hopes Addams can meet Miss Laurane Porter, who is very interested in the children's groups they are a part of, including the Juvenile Courts.

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Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, June 18, 1906

Lindsey encloses a letter for Judge Mack. He also wants to get the Committee on Federation of Children's Betterment League appointed.

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Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Julian William Mack, June 18, 1906

Lindsey recommends some people to be on the Committee on Federation of Children's Betterment League.

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Eleanor Morrison Mahany to Jane Addams, December 10, 1906

Mahany writes Addams about janitorial conditions at the Kershaw School.

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A National Children's Bureau and a National Investigation of the Labor of Women and Children, December 14, 1906

Addams' speech before the National Child Labor Committee in Cincinnati calls for government regulations to protect women and children.

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Smith College Address, March 18, 1908 (extract)

Addams discusses traditional women's roles and how they correspond to a greater need for the involvement of woman in politics.

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Address to the Playground Association, March 31, 1908

Addams participated in a tribute dinner to Mary Augusta Ward, held by the Playground Association of America. The event was held on March 31, 1908, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Addams discussed the need for play, art, and creativity, and warns that without such outlets men will fall to drink and immoral behavior. She highlighted the lack of healthy entertainments, especially for young women. The speech was published in April in The Playground, a monthly journal of the Playground Association of America.

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The Visiting Nurse and the Public Schools, April 25, 1908

Addams's address to the Conference of Visiting Nurses discusses a program in Chicago that helps keep children in school.

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Comments about a League for the Protection of Children, June 29, 1908

Addams discusses the work of the League for the Protection of Children, formed to advocate for the well being of children in Chicago. The comments were made during the National Education Association meeting.

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Dedication of Bomberger Park, June 30, 1908

Addams praises the new park established in Dayton and is drowned out by children's excitement.

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The Home and the Special Child, 1908

Speaking to the National Education Association meeting, Addams discusses her thoughts on educating mentally, morally or physically "deficient" children.

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Jane Addams to Anita Blaine McCormick, July 4, 1908

Keeping her promise to McCormick, Addams sends her speech about playgrounds.

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The Lack of Public Recreation in Our Cities, December 20, 1908 (excerpt)

The Houston Post summarizes Addams' statesments on the need for public recreation for girls.

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The Federal Children's Bureau -- A Symposium, March 1909

Addams argues for the establishment of a federal bureau for the protection of children, especially regarding the issues of child labor and education. This is a published version of Addams's speech to the National Child Labor Committee meeting in January 1909.

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Modern Devices for Minimizing Dependencies, January 25, 1909

Addams compares the United States' treatment of women and children in labor to the ways of European countries. This speech was given at public meeting associated with the Conference on the Care of Dependent Children, in Washington, D.C. on January 25, 1909.

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Statement on the Children's Bureau, January 27, 1909

Addams testifies on the lack of statistics available to adequately analyze the welfare of children in Chicago and argues that a bureau could collect and disseminate such data.

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Miss Jane Addams Tells More about Women Foreigners, February 21, 1909

Addams argues that when women vote, they help to improve protection for children and to the general public.

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Jane Addams to George Sutherland, November 25, 1909

Addams seeks Senator Sutherland's support for the establishment of a Federal Children's Bureau, arguing that it would allow the gathering of information currently not possible.

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Owen Reed Lovejoy and Alexander Jeffrey McKelway to Jane Addams, January 25, 1910

Lovejoy and McKelway are seeking support for a Congressional bill to establish the Federal Children's Bureau.

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St Louis Speech, May 23, 1910

Louise de Koven Bowen presented the report of the Children's Committee of the National Conference on Charities and Correction for Jane Addams, discussing the lives of children in tenements and proposing more resources for recreation for them. The speech was given during a session on Children held on May 23.

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Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

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Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

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Charity and Social Justice, June 11, 1910

Printed version of Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

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Address to the Child Welfare Conference on Settlements, January 30, 1911 (excerpts)

Summary of Addams' arguments for child welfare and the role of settlements. Portions of the article summarizing other speakers were not included.

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Woman and the State, February 2-14, 1911

Addams gave this lecture at least two times; once at the February 2 meeting of the New York City Women's Political Union, and again on February 14 at the Boston School Voters' League. In the lecture, she discusses the philosophical relationship between women and the State and argues for the value of women in government, leading to the importance of woman suffrage. She may have also delivered a version of this lecture in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1910, to the Fortnightly Club.

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Notes on Costs and Availability of the Armory and Coliseum for the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, February 15, 1911

Addams compares costs and logistics of hosting the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit at the Armory or the Coliseum.

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