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How Would You Uplift the Masses?, February 4, 1892

Addams describes the efforts of Hull-House in a speech to the Sunset Club in Chicago.

Democracy Education England Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement Settlements

Significance of Organized Labor, September 1898

Democracy Education Labor Women

What is the Greatest Menace to Twentieth Century Progress?, February 14, 1901

Addams explores lessons learned from the 19th century, and sees the greatest menace for the future as the lack of faith in the people and an over reliance on national pride.

Democracy Lectures Morality

One Menace to the Century, February 14, 1901

Addams explores lessons learned from the 19th century, and sees the greatest menace for the future as the lack of faith in the people and an over reliance on national pride.

Democracy Lectures Morality

A New Democracy, August 21, 1902

Charles Love criticizes the tendency of employers and employees to have separate lives outside the shop door, and he seeks a new social order in which they would interact at work and outside of work.

Democracy Labor Social Reform

Earl Barnes to Jane Addams, August 24, 1902

Barnes writes to Addams about her book, Democracy and Social Ethics, and expresses some concerns about her ideas.

Books Democracy Labor Race Youth

Address to the Initiative and Referendum League, October 26, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the benefits to having a referendum system.

Democracy Government Lectures

Educational Methods, January 15, 1904

Addams discusses the role of education in the lives of working class children. This is an excerpt from her book Democracy and Social Ethics.

Democracy Education Immigrants Labor

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.

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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.

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The Higher Patriotism, October 7, 1904

Addams defines a new patriotism as one that tries new things and takes risks to do what it right. The speech was given at the International Peace Conference in Boston.

Democracy Lectures Nationalism Onsite Patriotism Peace

Address at the Civic Dedication of the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 1, 1905

Addams discusses the role of public education in fostering democracy. The speech was given during the closing session of the General Congress of Religions, on June 1, and published on July 27.

Democracy Education

Margaret Angela Haley to Jane Addams, May 4, 1906

Haley wishes to imbue to Addams that she is passionate about the plight of the public school and that she wishes to do everything she can to save this last piece of democracy she sees.

Democracy Education

Newer Ideals of Peace, January 5, 1907

Addams publishes the first chapter of Newer Ideals of Peace, in Charities and the Commons, arguing for a new approach to peace propaganda. She makes a direct appeal to sentiments and opinions to oppose the exploitation of the weak and to reject of blind militarism.

Democracy Immigrants Morality Peace Philosophy Social Welfare War

Samuel H. Bishop to Jane Addams, April 19, 1907

Bishop praises Addams on Newer Ideals of Peace, especially the arguments about religion and democracy.

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Why Women Should Vote, January 1910

Addams argues for women to have the vote in order that they may continue to perform their duties to family and to home in the modern world, where responsibilities, like feeding their children and keeping them safe, are no long directly within their control.

Democracy Immigrants Woman Suffrage

Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Echoes of the Russian Revolution, September 1910

Addams talks about the settlement as a bulwark against anti-immigrant persecution, using examples of Russian anarchists.

Anarchism Democracy Government Hull-House Immigrants Politics Russia Settlement Movement

Andrew C. McLaughlin to Jane Addams, January 7, 1911

McLaughlin asks Addams to write an article on Democracy and Social Ethics for the Cyclopedia of American Government.

Democracy Requests

Address on Civic Associations, January 12, 1912 (excerpts)

An excerpt from Addams's remarks at a January 12 City Club Housewarming, focused on Civic Associations' Night, where she discusses how civic associations can be bridges to connect diverse communities.

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Frank Patrick Walsh to Julia Clifford Lathrop, October 4, 1912

Walsh tells Lathrop that all three political parties have agreed to use public school buildings for political discussions.

Child Welfare Democracy Politics

The Progressive Party and the Negro, November 1912

Addams explains her support for African-American delegates at the the Progressive Party Convention in Chicago. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

African-Americans Democracy Politics Racism

Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference? February 1, 1913 (fragment)

Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.

African-Americans Democracy Politics Racism

Has the Emancipation Act Been Nullified by National Indifference, February 1, 1913

Addams chastises American society for failing to live up to the ideals of the Emancipation Proclamation and demands political equality for black Americans.

Democracy Government Racism

Charles Zueblin to Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, July 1913 Also known as A Progressive Labor Policy

Zueblin argues that a deliberate labor policy from the Progressive Party is the key to its survival.

Consumerism Democracy Labor Politics Socialism

Congressional Testimony on Woman Suffrage, December 3, 1913

Testimony of Addams and Anna Shaw before a Congressional Committee on Rules regarding woman's suffrage.

Democracy Feminism Government Legislation Politics Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Democracy and Social Ethics, 1914

Addams argues that it is the responsibility of a democracy to care about the social needs of its citizens.

Democracy Ethics Juvenile Delinquency Poverty Public Health Social Reform Social Welfare Writings

Social Justice through National Action, February 12, 1914

Addams' lecture at the Second Annual Lincoln Day Dinner for the Progressive Party discusses how the Party should move forward and maintain the ideals of Lincoln.

Democracy Government

As I See Women, August 1915

Addams gives an interview on the state of women in America.

Civil Rights Democracy Education Feminism Gender Roles Sex Hygiene Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, August 10, 1916

Addams discusses deciding who to vote for in the Presidential Election.

Democracy Health Politics Woman Suffrage

Donald Angus McQueen to Woodrow Wilson, February 1917

McQueen advises Wilson to leave the decision of war up to the people through a referendum.

Democracy Peace Politics Public Opinion Requests World War I

Jane Addams to Woodrow Wilson, February 21, 1917

Addams calls Wilson's attention to a congressional bill on espionage which she believes threatens the freedoms of US citizens.

Democracy Free Speech Legislation Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, April 1917

Balch updates Addams on activities of the Emergency Peace Federation since the declaration of war.

Democracy Free Speech Help!Peace World War I

Clara Delafield Sturges Johnson to Jane Addams, April 5, 1917

Johnson tells Addams some ideas for how to make constructive efforts for peace.

Democracy Germany Peace Russia World War I

Pan Preparedness, May 15, 1917

Zueblin argues that Prussian militarism is the real enemy and that the war pits militarism against democracy

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Tentative Program for Discussion of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace at the Congress after the War, June 1917

The American Section of the ICWPP proposes a set of national and international problems to be discussed at the Congress After the War.

Conferences Democracy Education Internationalism Peace World War I

Zona Gale to Jane Addams, June 21, 1917

Gale asks Addams whether she supports the Second Conference for Democracy and Terms of Peace and asks for a reaffirmation of the goals of the Woman's Peace Party.

Democracy Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Zona Gale, June 25, 1917

Addams discusses her dedication to peace and tells Gale that she is cooperating with the Second Conference on Democracy and Terms of Peace.

Democracy Peace Requests

Grace Hoffman White to Jane Addams, July 4, 1917

White tells Addams about how she was inspired by Addams' articles. White then discusses how she disagrees with a recent policy adopted by the Woman's Party.

Democracy Internationalism Patriotism Peace War

Clara Delafield Sturges Johnson to Jane Addams, November 19, 1917

Johnson explains her views of international and domestic militarism. She emphasizes the importance of education for children during this wartime.

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List of Names Invited to Serve on a National Joint Committee, January 1918

A list of people invited to serve on a National Committee jointly with the Civil Liberties Bureau.

Democracy Meetings

Levi Hollingsworth Wood to Unknown, January 3, 1918

Wood invites a group of well-known liberal Americans to a meeting with the Civil Liberties Bureau to discuss the denial of constitutional rights and other issues occurring in the country.

Democracy Free Speech Meetings Requests

Outlines of Research Studies on "The Open Door," February 1918

Hull summarized and outlined works by David Starr Jordan, French Ensor Chadwick, Henri Lambert, and John Atkinson Hobson, for discussion and adoption by the Central Organization for a Durable Peace.

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