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Respect for Law, January 3, 1901
Addams' argues that mob violence, and particularly lynching against African Americans in the South, erodes respect for the all among all groups and accomplishes nothing positive for any community that condones it.
Comments on Abraham Isaak, September 9, 1901
Taylor and Addams discuss the arrest of Abraham Isaak.
Jane Addams to Lillian D. Wald, September 17, 1901
Addams discusses Emma Goldman's case with Wald.
Address to 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.
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.
Raymond Robins to the New York City Health Department, May 25, 1903
Robins requests information about how New York marks residences with members suffering from infectious diseases.
Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, September 20, 1903
Addams offers to share information about juvenile courts with Haldeman.
Problems of Municipal Administration, January 1905 Also known as Municipal Administration, September 1904
Addams finds the causes for breakdowns in municipal administration in eighteenth century idealism that foundered against nineteenth century increases in population, industry and commerce. This speech was originally given on September 25, 1904 at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis, MO.
Problems of Municipal Administration, 1906
Addams finds the causes for breakdowns in municipal administration in eighteenth century idealism that foundered against nineteenth century increases in population, industry and commerce. The speech was originally given on September 25, 1904 at the International Congress of Arts and Sciences in St. Louis, MO.
Jane Addams Declares Ballot for Woman Made Necessary by Changed Conditions, April 1, 1906
Addams offers reasons why Chicago should extend vote to women.
Statement on a Conference Held at Hull-House, June 9, 1906
Statement on a conference held at Hull-House.
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.
Franklin MacVeagh to Jane Addams, May 7, 1908
MacVeagh writes Addams about his intention to read her Charities and the Commons article on the Averbuch incident.
Evart Grant Routzahn to Jane Addams, May 8, 1908
Routzahn thanks Addams for her honest article about the Averbuch incident.
Chester Mitchell Dawes to Jane Addams, May 9, 1908
Dawes praises Addams' piece inĀ Charities and the Commons about the Averbuch Incident.
Frederick Greeley to Jane Addams, May 9, 1908
Greeley praises Addams' article on the Averbuch Incident and discusses his sojourn in Maine.
Unknown (B. F.) to the Editor of the New York Evening Post, May 29, 1908
B. F. writes in praise of Addams' article "The Chicago Settlements and Social Unrest" in Charity and the Commons, discussing the role of the settlement in integrating immigrants into city life.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones to Jane Addams, August 14, 1908
Lloyd asks Addams to write an editorial about the Averbuch Incident for Unity in order to address the hysteria it generated.
The Reaction of Modern Life upon Religious Education, February 11, 1910
Addams explains the relationship between education, religion, labor, and crime as she has experienced it in Chicago.
Gino C. Speranza to Criminal Law and Criminology Committee on Crime and Immigration, December 8, 1910
Speranza asks the members of the Committee on Crime and Immigration to inform him of particular questions the committee should consider and that they will convene via correspondence due to the difficulty of scheduling a meeting of the group.
Gino Speranza to Nathan William MacChesney, December 8, 1910
Speranza accepts MacChesney's invitation to serve as chairman of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology Committee, which includes Jane Addams.
Gino Speranza, Outline of proposed work for the Committee on Crime and Immigration, January 18, 1911
Speranza's assignments of Committee on Crime and Immigration members into subcommittees.
Gino C. Speranza to Nathan William MacChesney, March 1, 1911
Speranza complains to MacChesney that his committee has been unable to do much on their research on immigrants and crime.
Grace Abbott to Gino C. Speranza, March 6, 1911
Abbott writes Speranza with Jane Addams' opinion that the North American Civic League should conduct an investigation into crime and immigration in New York.
Gino C. Speranza to Grace Abbott, March 21, 1911
Speranza thanks Abbott and Jane Addams for their work on behalf of the American Institute of Criminal Law & Criminology in its investigation of the courts.
Why Women Should Vote, March 29, 1911
Addams argues for woman suffrage claiming that women need to protect their legal rights.
Lynch Six Negroes; Trick Sheriff's Son, May 22, 1911 Also known as Lynched Two in Ten Days, May 22, 1911
Newspaper report of the lynching of six black men in Lake City, Florida, accused of murdering Robert B. Smith, a prominent white man.
Bernard Flexner to Lillian D. Wald, May 23, 1911
Flexner describes a lynching in Livermore, Kentucky and the reaction of the town and arrest of the participants.
Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, May 24, 1911
Villard asks Addams to protest the lynchings of six black men in Florida.
Jane Addams to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, May 26, 1911
Addams sends Breckinridge three letters about lynchings, including one from Oswald Garrison Villard that encloses a newspaper clipping about a brutal lynching in Florida.
John Hubert Mee to Jane Addams, November 7, 1911
Mee offers a lawyer's perspective on Addams' white slavery article in McClure's Magazine and compliments her grasp of the legislation.
Anonymous to "Chicago Record-Herald"- Editor
An anonymous writer apologizes for his misunderstanding of the biases of the Record-Herald against the police. Addams received a copy of this letter.
Information Sheet on Fred W. Guelzow Murderers, January 1912
A narrative describing the social and economic background of four men convicted of murdering Frank Guelzow.
Harriet Burton Laidlaw to William J. Gaynor, May 19, 1912
Laidlaw demands that Gaynor protect social workers operating in New York City's Chinatown .
Harriet Burton Laidlaw to Rhinelander Waldo, May 19, [1912]
Laidlaw writes to Waldo about an brutal attack on a female social worker in New York City's Chinatown and demands an investigation.
Charles Richmond Henderson to Jane Addams, July 22, 1912
Henderson offers an analysis of Addams' statement about capital punishment in Illinois.
A Case to Watch, July 26, 1912
Jesse Ashley's article describing a strike in Massachusetts.
State Should Keep Families of Convicts, October 5, 1912
Addams defends the Progressive Party plank that calls for the salaries earned by prisoners to be sent to support their dependent families.
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.
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.
Benjamin Barr Lindsey to Jane Addams, September 11, 1913 (fragment)
Lindsey writes Addams to explain a campaign to discredit his work to regulate crime against women.
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.
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.
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.
British Arrest Woman Writer, 1916
The article covers the arrest of Emily Hobhouse by British authorities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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