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White House Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership (1931)

Conferences Housing United States

Paterno, Michael Edwin (1888-1946)

Business Housing United States

Palmer, Potter, Jr. (1875-1943)

Housing United States

Mears, Edward Bley (1854-1947)

Housing

International Implications of Social Work, 1928

The Commission reports on social work's connection to worldwide problems and solutions.

Child Welfare Education Historical figures History Housing Immigrants League of Nations Public Health Settlement Movement Social Welfare Social Work

Pittler, Alexander Zerful (1900-1979)

Housing Social Work United States

Speech to the Woman's City Club, May 19, 1926 (excerpts) Also known as What Next in Chicago?, October 1926

Addams discusses early efforts for civic reform and housing in a speech to the Woman's City Club.

Housing Lectures Social Reform Social Work Woman Suffrage Women

Albert Joseph Kennedy to Jane Addams, August 1, 1927

Kennedy reports to Addams on matters of the Barnett Fellowship, other settlements and their international constituents.

Education Employment England France Housing India International Affairs Settlements United States

Emil Oliver Jorgensen to Jane Addams, May 16, 1927

Jorgensen tells Addams that she does not understand the housing bill under consideration in Illinois and should oppose it, not support it.

Chicago Criticism Housing Requests

Higgs, Mary Ann Kingsland (1854-1937)

England Housing Social Reform Woman Suffrage

Thomas, Andrew Jackson (1875-1965)

Architecture Housing

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, March 12, 1924

Ickes lists out Hiram W. Johnson's legislative effort of interest to women.

Child Labor Child Welfare Education Finances Housing Immigration Juvenile Delinquency Labor Politics Prisons Prostitution Women's Rights

Parliamentary Commission on Housing

England Government Housing

Address to the Social Workers' Club of Detroit, January 25, 1920 (excerpts)

Addams describes the conditions in Europe after the war.

Food Shortages Housing Lectures Relief Efforts

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

Ellen Wayles Coolidge to Jane Addams, June 29, 1921

Coolidge tells Addams about settlement work in England and France.

England France Housing Settlement Movement

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, March 9, 1921

Barnett asks Addams to write and update her on the American Commission on Ireland and housing plans.

England Foreign Policy Housing Hull-House Ireland Onsite

White, Alfred Tredway (1846-1921)

Housing Philanthropy Religion

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, May 18, 1921

Addams sends Barnette a letter of introduction to Eubank Dean and hopes she will show him her housing program.

Housing Peace Requests

Jane Addams to Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett, April 22, 1921

Addams sends Barnett the Irish Commission report and talks about Britain's role in Ireland, and Barnett's housing scheme.

Friends Housing International Affairs Ireland Peace

A New Political Method Emerging in the Orient, December, 1923

Addams discusses the impact of woman suffrage on India, Burma, Japan, and China.

China Housing India Japan Politics Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett to Jane Addams, November 21, 1920

Barnett regrets not seeing Addams before returing to England, advises her to drop the American Commission work, and bemoans her lack of success in raising funds.

Education Finances Help!Housing Ireland Lectures Requests Settlement Movement Travels United States

Jane Addams to Manley Ottmer Hudson, May 31, 1919

Addams writes to Hudson about a manuscript, mentioning an acquaintance who started a lodging house for Hungarian girls.

Charity Housing Immigrants Meetings Settlement Movement Social Work

Philadelphia Housing Association

Government Housing

Liberty Buildings as Victory Monuments, December 1918 Also known as The Community House--An Element in Reconstruction, December 1918 Also known as Liberty Buildings, November 1918

A reprint of three articles arguing that rather than erecting monuments, cities should build community centers as memorials to the war dead.

Architecture Democracy Employment Finances Housing Public Works World War I

Hogan, Ben (?-?)

Housing Poverty Religion Settlement Movement Settlements

Commission of Housing and Health Conditions in the National Capital

Housing

Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants Also known as Society for Italian Immigrants

Charities Employment Housing Immigrants Immigration Italy Philanthropy Social Welfare

Testimony on Chicago Building Ordinances, June 2, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need for better building regulations to prevent tenement fires.

Housing Immigrants

Bethel Settlement Also known as Plymouth Mission Also known as Pillsbury House

Charities Charity Health Housing Philanthropy Public Health Relief Efforts Settlement Movement Settlements Social Welfare Social Work

Report on Exhibits on Housing of the Working Class, Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission, February 8, 1906

Addams reports on efforts of women in creating exhibits that discussed British efforts to provide adequate housing for impoverished families.

Conferences Housing Social Work

Rossbach, Therese Sembritzky (1861-1953)

Germany Housing Philanthropy

A New Political Method Emerging in the Orient, November 21, 1923

Addams discusses the impact of woman suffrage on India, Burma, Japan, and China.

China Housing India Japan Politics Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Robert Browning Settlement Also known as Robert Browning Hall

Charities Charity England Health Housing Philanthropy Public Health Relief Efforts Settlement Movement Settlements Social Welfare Social Work

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Grace Margaret Tully, May 21, 1917

Karsten tells Tully that she sent her request on girls' dormitories to Edith Reider.

Children Housing Requests

Remarks on the Cinema, ca. 1922-1923

Addams discusses the value of the cinema and the settlements to educate immigrants and help them adjust to American life.

Education Film Housing Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement

Remarks on the Cinema, ca. 1922-1923

Addams discusses the value of the cinema and the settlements to educate immigrants and help them adjust to American life.

Education Film Housing Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement

Jane Addams to John Ihlder, October 18, 1911

Addams agrees to attend the National Housing Committee meeting.

Housing Meetings Requests

Social Legislation and the Need for the Ballot for Women (excerpt), March 21, 1908

Addams discusses poor women in Chicago and their need for suffrage at a meeting of the College Equal Suffrage Society at Boston University on March 21. The excerpt was published later.

Housing Immigrants Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

The Child at the Point of Greatest Pressure, June 16, 1912

At the National Conference of Charities and Correction, held in Cleveland from June 12-19, Addams discusses how the difficulties of children can rouse society's greatest sentiments for charity, but that children also have for their own intrinsic value. The speech was published in the Proceedings.

Child Welfare Housing Hull-House Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Music Poverty Recreation

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Speech to the Woman's City Club, May 19, 1926 (excerpts) Also known as What Next in Chicago?, October 1926

Liberty Buildings as Victory Monuments, December 1918 Also known as The Community House--An Element in Reconstruction, December 1918 Also known as Liberty Buildings, November 1918

Society for the Protection of Italian Immigrants Also known as Society for Italian Immigrants

Bethel Settlement Also known as Plymouth Mission Also known as Pillsbury House

Robert Browning Settlement Also known as Robert Browning Hall

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