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Jane Addams to Stanley Ross Linn, January 14, 1918

Addams says she has recommended Linn to aid his application to the International Department of the Y.M.C.A.

Brief Summary of the Work of the Chicago Urban League, August 1, 1917

The Urban League reports the organizations, government agencies, and newspapers that it works with and describes its activities, including employment and welfare work.

African-Americans Employment Social Work

Jane Addams to Louis Paul Lochner, May 2, 1917

Addams tells Lochner that she sympathizes with his position but urges him not to move to Florida because the movement needs him.

Employment Peace Requests

Junia Fox to Jane Addams, June 19, 1916

Fox tells Addams about preparedness parades in Los Angeles and questions whether the organizers are profiting by the war.

Employment Preparedness Public Opinion World War I

Jane Addams to Albert Pike Bourland, March 31, 1915

Addams asks Bourland to make a place on the Conference of Education program for Harriet Park Thomas.

Employment Lectures Requests

William Lyon Mackenzie King to Jane Addams, 1916

King informs Addams that Elise Richards is looking into settlement house work, and recommends that Addams accepts her to Hull-House.

Employment Health Hull-House Introduction Requests Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to James Wright Johnston, February 8, 1906

Addams asks Johnston for help in finding Hulbert a job in Chicago.

Business Employment Family Requests

Address on Unemployment, February 24, 1915

Addams spoke to the City Club about the unemployment crisis, explaining the role of Hull-House in providing space for public debate on the issue.

Charities Civil Service Employment Hull-House Hull-House Residents Jobs Lectures Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Unemployment

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.

Child Labor Child Welfare Crime Enforcement Employment England Feminism Finland Gender Roles Industry Morality Philanthropy Politics Social Reform Social Welfare Woman Suffrage Women's Rights Writings