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Statement on German Food Crisis, August 27, 1919

Addams provides a brief statement on her tour of German child welfare conditions.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, August 29, 1919

Balch sends Addams an appeal for food relief for Germany and Austria.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts

Official Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Alice Hamilton, September 1919

Addams and Hamilton report on their visit to Germany to see conditions after World War I.

Europe Food Shortages Germany Health Medicine Relief Efforts

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs to Jane Addams and Alice Hamilton, September 26, 1919

Jacobs writes to explain a report that she disavowed Addams's report on the German trip and reports on her activities.

Food Shortages Germany Peace Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, September 30, 1919

Addams sends Thomas a letter (not found) and fears that they will not be able to secure relief support from the United States Food Administration.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, October 6, 1919

Balch sends Addams an appeal from Austrian women.

Food Shortages

Emil Abderhalden to Harry Gideon Wells, October 15, 1919

Abderhalden seeks support for German children suffering from starvation.

Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Address to the Illinois State Conference of Charities and Corrections, October 24, 1919 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the impact of housing and food shortages in Europe on children's health.

England Food Shortages France Germany Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, November 1, 1919

Balch sends Addams a copy of the report she is sending to the London Economic Conference.

Conferences Economics Europe Food Shortages

Some Data on Conditions of Milk Supply in Central Europe, November 1, 1919

This document recounts the milk shortages in several Central European countries and emphasizes the importance of milk for children and the ill.

Austria Bulgaria Europe Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests Switzerland World War I

Speech to the Missouri State Teachers Association, November 8, 1919 (summary)

Addams discussed the conditions in post-war Europe to the Missouri State Teachers Association at the Auditorium.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

The World's Food Supply and the World's Politics, November 9, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the food situation in Europe as a grim specter over any attempts at peace. This speech was delivered as part of the Social Welfare Conference at the Elm Street Church in Chillicothe, Missouri.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Herbert Clark Hoover to Jane Addams, November 13, 1919

Hoover's response to the English memorial.

Criticism Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Report of Jane Addams and Dr. Hamilton to the American Friends' Service Committee on the Situation in Germany, November 17, 1919

Addams and Hamilton detail in full their trip to Germany and Austria for the Society of Friends, on the matter of food and relief distribution. Descriptions include lack of food in urban areas, lack of medical care for children, and a shortage of milk. They request more funds for post-war work from the American Friends Relief Committee.

Austria Charity Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Health Peace Relief Efforts Requests World War I Writings

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse describes hunger as a result of the war in Leipzig, Germany, and asks Addams for relief funds for children there.

Austria Child Welfare Finances Food Shortages Germany Health Requests World War I

Emily Hobhouse to Jane Addams, November 19, 1919

Hobhouse writes Addams about relief for children in Leipzig, Germany, children.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, November 26, 1919

Balch sends Addams information about the milk shortage in Europe.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Jane Addams to Paul Underwood Kellogg, November 26, 1919

Addams writes to Kellogg about the speaking she has done recently and a woman Kellogg inquired about. She also sends him letters and telegrams about contributions to the famine.

Food Shortages Lectures Onsite

Where the Christmas Spirit Will Wane, December 1919

Addams describes the shortage of food in Europe and its impact on women and children.

Food Shortages Germany Health World War I

Jane Addams to David Starr Jordan, December 1, 1919

Addams asks Jordan to help raise relief money for Central Europe.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts Requests

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, December 1, 1919

Addams explains to Thomas that if they can publicize the cooperation of Herbert Hoover, the collection of funds for German food relief would become easier.

Food Shortages Germany Relief Efforts

Carl Beck to Jane Addams, December 2, 1919

Beck tells Addams of his efforts to raise funds to feed Austrian children.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, December 12, 1919

Kellogg tells Addams about the dire situation in Austria and the lack of interest among Americans.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Rosa Genoni to Jane Addams, December 14, 1919

Genoni asks Addams for assistance in helping Austrian children being cared for in Italy.

Austria Food Shortages Italy Peace Relief Efforts Requests

Feed the World and Save the League, 1920 (fragment)

Addams discusses the League of Nations plans to reconstruct Europe after the war.

England Food Shortages Foreign Policy Germany Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Frida Perlen to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Office, January 1920

Perlen and the German Section ask the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to raise a protest against the world blockade of the Soviet Union.

Food Shortages Peace Requests Soviet Union