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Jane Addams to William Edgar Borah, August 16, 1927

Addams asks Borah to intercede to prevent the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

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Comment on Corporal Punishment, March 14, 1902

Addams responds to judges ordering parents to administer corporal punishment to juvenile delinquents. This was part of a longer new article.

Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency Youth

Address Before the Nineteenth Century Club, October 14, 1907 (excerpts)

Addams argues that woman suffrage might impact the plight of fallen women who are preyed upon by men.

Crime Enforcement Lectures Morality Prostitution Woman Suffrage

New York Probation Association

Crime Enforcement Juvenile Delinquency

Jane Addams to Gifford Pinchot, January 9, 1924

Addams tells Pinchot that she will send his letter to the American Civil Liberties Union to answer his questions about clemency.

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E. Wayne Stahl to the Editor of the Rock Island Argus, December 11, 1920

Stahl criticizes Addams for her opposititon to capital punishment.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism

Everett Rich to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 6, 1920

Rich disputes Addams's views on capital punishment, claiming that sentimental opposition results in more crime.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism

L. H. Knox to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune, December 7, 1920

Knox takes issues with Addams's opposition to capital punishment, offering examples of English justice.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism England

Safety Above Sentimentality, December 4, 1920

The Tribune praises Governor Lowden's decision to allow Nicholas Viana to be executed and calls Addams's appeal sentimental.

Crime Crime Enforcement Criticism

Problem of Crime Unsolved, Let Us Start at It Anew, May 30, 1927

Addams discusses the increasing rate of juvenile crime and the efforts to combat it at a meeting of the American Crime Study Commission.

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Brentano, Theodore (1854-1940)

Crime Enforcement Diplomacy Government

Kavanagh, Marcus A. (1859-1937)

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Mary Glynn Collins to Jane Addams, December 4, 1920

Collins informs Addams of efforts in Colorado to lobby for a commutation of Nicholas Viana's death sentence.

Crime Enforcement Requests

Anonymous to Jane Addams, December 4, 1920

A "Friend to Man" asks Addams to give a Bible to Nicholas Viana and hopes that his execution will be stayed.

Crime Enforcement Requests

The Position of the American Civil Liberties Union on the Issues in the United States Today, May 1920

American Civil Liberties Union defines its stance on first amendment rights, labor rights, law enforcement, immigration and racial equality.

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The Aftermath of the War, January 5, 1922

Addams discusses the crack down on radicals who opposed World War I.

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Comments on Abraham Isaak, September 9, 1901

Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.

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Pullman, Raymond Wellington (1883-1920)

Crime Enforcement Journalism

British Arrest Woman Writer, 1916

The article covers the arrest of Emily Hobhouse by British authorities.

Crime Enforcement England

Why Women Should Vote, March 29, 1911

Addams argues for woman suffrage claiming that women need to protect their legal rights.

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Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, May 6, 1916

Wald writes Addams about efforts to communicate with Germany and Austria about charges against Alice Masaryk.

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The Larger Aspects of the Woman's Movement, November 1914

Addams details the many reasons why it is important that women be given the right to vote, and of how the suffrage movement is not just found in Western nations, but globally.

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Jane Addams: The Juvenile Adult Offender, October 1913

Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." This is the tenth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a women's roles in affecting change.

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The Juvenile Adult Offender, July 22, 1913

Addams explains how educational background, economic situations, and family predicaments have an impact on juvenile crime; and she argues for special treatment of the "juvenile adult." The article was published in October 1913.

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Miss Addams, April 1913

Addams explains the evils of unpaid prison labor. This is the fourth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

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