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Report of the Chairman, January 1, 1916

A report of the finances and activities of the Committee on Temporary Organization for Teaching Character.

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A Bulletin Relating to Present Evil Conditions, January 1916

An advertising bulletin for The Remedy, a book that seeks to stop war by building character.

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Committee on Temporary Organization for Teaching Character Building

Morality Publishing

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

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A Pioneer Philanthropist, July 1920

Addams reviews Henrietta Barnett's book on Canon Barnett explaining his importance to the settlement movement.

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The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work

Review of Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett's Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends, April 9, 1920

Addams discusses the life of Samuel Barnett and the biography and memoir written by Henrietta Barnett.

Charity Education England Morality Religion Settlement Movement Settlements

Review of Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett's Canon Barnett: His Life, Work, and Friends, April 5, 1920

Addams reviews Henrietta Barnett's book on Canon Barnett explaining his importance to the settlement movement.

Education England Morality Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work Writings

How Long, O Lord?, October 1915

Palmer's poem questions how the world, that can create such beauty, can also breed such hate and violence.

Morality Poetry War World War I

The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

The Next Step, January 20, 1919

Addams argues for post war relief and the establishment of the League of Nations and other international organizations to help guarantee the peace. The speech was given at the University Auditorium as part of the Farmer's Week celebration.

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Mary Leitch and Margaret Winning Leitch to James Levi Barton, August 30, 1915

The Leitch sisters discuss slavery in the United States, colonization by Great Britain, and alcohol as great evils.

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Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of International Relationships, May 31, 1917

Addams argues for protection of migrant laborers and food supplies, and discusses the different outlook that the working class has towards war.

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Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of Internationalism, May 31, 1917

Addams argues for the protection of migrant laborers and food supplies, and discusses the different outlook that the working class has towards war. The speech was prepared for the National Conference on Foreign Relations of the United States.

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Labor as a Factor in the Newer Conception of Internationalism, May 31, 1917

Addams argues for the protection of migrant laborers and food supplies and discusses the different outlook that the working class have towards war. The speech was prepared for the National Conference on Foreign Relations of the United States.

Food Shortages Internationalism Labor Lectures Morality World War I

Patriotism and Pacifists, Spring 1917

Addams argues how ideas about nationalism and patriotism are beginning to cloud peoples judgment about the war.

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Patriotism and Pacifists, April 30, 1917

Addams argues how ideas about nationalism and patriotism are beginning to cloud peoples judgement about the war. This speech was given before the Chicago Woman's Club.

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Patriotism and Pacifists, Spring 1917

Addams argues how ideas about nationalism and patriotism are beginning to cloud people's judgement about the war.

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Patriotism and Pacifists in War Time (fragment), Spring 1917

A fragmented document written by Addams, possibly a draft of a speech she would later give. In it, Addams argues how nationalistic ideas are beginning to cloud peoples judgement about the war.

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Disturbing Conventions, October 7, 1916

Addams explores women's feelings about illegitimate children and wayward women by telling stories about different women's experiences.

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The Food of War, December 13, 1915

Addams writes about the activities for peace that she and other members of the International Congress of Women have accomplished.

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Women, War, and Babies, July 31, 1915 (fragment)

Addams discusses the devastating impact of World War I on women's traditional responsibilities.

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Women, War, and Babies, July 31, 1915

Addams discusses the devastating impact of World War I on women's traditional responsibilities and argues for their responsibility to stop it.

Ethics Morality Peace Social Welfare World War I

Address of Miss Jane Addams, Delivered at Carnegie Hall, July 9, 1915

Addams reports the efforts of the International Congress of Women, the delegations to heads of European countries, and her views on peace. The speech was given at Carnegie Hall on July 9 and published on July 31, 1915.

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Address at the Chicago Auditorium, July 22, 1915

Addams discusses her work with the International Congress of Women, the delegations to European leaders, and her views on the need for peace. The event was held at the Chicago Auditorium and attended by both peace activists and the general public, and chaired by Charles L. Hutchinson.

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The Revolt Against War, July 17, 1915

A published version of Addams's Carnegie Hall speech, held July 9, on her return from Europe. In it Adams detailed the work of the International Congress of Women and her ideas on peace.

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Interview with Edward Marshall, July 11, 1915

Addams talks with New York Times reporter Edward Marshall about World War I and the efforts of the International Council of Women to start peace negotiations.

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Address at Carnegie Hall, July 9, 1915 Also known as Revolt Against War, July 9, 1915

Addams's speech on her return from Europe detailed the work of the International Congress of Women and her ideas on peace.

Foreign Policy Internationalism Lectures Morality Patriotism Peace War World War I

Towards the Peace That Shall Last, March 6, 1915

Addams, Kellogg, and Wald argue the many reasons why World War One is destroying society, and detail how it is robbing a generation of its people and future. They also argue that the global community has the power to stop this war and prevent other wars.

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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.

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Passing of the War Virtues, October, 1914

Passages taken from Addams book "Newer Ideas of Peace," in which she argues against war on the grounds that it is something that is beneath the ideas of modern man, something not to be admired, and a waste of time and energy.

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Address on War and Human Sacrifice, 1914

Addams, comparing the act of human sacrifice to what is going on in the early stages of World War One, points out how pointless both acts are.

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Speech to the Advertisers' Club, November 21, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams speaks before the Advertisers' Club of an incident that happened at Hull-House.

Children Lectures Morality

The Unexpected Reactions of a Traveler in Egypt, February 1914 (draft)

Addams, compares ideas of religion in the past and present and discusses ideas on morality and the human condition.

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The Unexpected Reactions of a Traveler in Egypt, February 1914

Addams, comparing past and present ideas of religion, discuses ideas on morality and the human condition.

Biblical figures Ethics Morality Religion Travels Writings

Speech to the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, January 26, 1912 (excerpt)

Report of Addams' speech in Milwaukee, that discusses the plight of prostitutes in a society when only men can vote.

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Some of the Immediate Needs of Chicago March 20, 1911 (excerpts)

Addams speaks at the Chicago Credit Men's Association about the dangers of unregulated dance halls for Chicago's youth.

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Alfred Henry Baller to Jane Addams, April 21, 1915

Baller congratulates Addams on being selected to be one of the Chicago Delegates, provides religious views on the war, and blesses Addams on her journey to The Hague.

Morality Peace Praise Religion War

Ethical Culture Society (Philadelphia)

Morality

Jane Addams: The Sheltered Woman and the Magdalen, November 1913

Addams exposes the double standard applied to women who break society's moral codes and argues for a more charitable view of women and a better understanding of their economic circumstances. This is the eleventh article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

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The Sheltered Woman and the Magdalen, July 25, 1913

Addams exposes the double standard applied to women who break society's moral codes and argues for a more charitable view of women and a better understanding of their economic circumstances. A version of this was published in November 1913.

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Miss Addams, July 1913

Addams argues for the regulation of public recreation to provide safe venues for women, youth, and communities. This is the seventh article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and how women can affect change.

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Public Dance Halls: The Need of Supervision, January 29, 1913 (fragment)

Addams argues for the regulation of public recreation to provide safe venues for women, youth, and communities.

Morality Recreation Sex Hygiene Social Welfare

Philadelphia Vice Commission

Government Morality

A Modern Lear, November 2, 1912

In 1894, Addams gave a speech to the Chicago Woman's Club and the Twentieth Century Club about the Pullman strike. The speech was not published until 18 years later, in the November 1912 Survey. In it, she draws comparisons between the key players in the strike, particularly George Pullman, and Shakespeare's dysfunctional royal family.

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A Modern Lear, November 2, 1912 Also known as Ethical Survivals in the Pullman Strike

Addams' 1894 talk on the Pullman strike was only published in 1912 in the Survey. She analyzes the strike, drawing comparisons between George Pullman and his workers, and Shakespeare's King Lear and Cordelia.

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Address at Carnegie Hall, July 9, 1915 Also known as Revolt Against War, July 9, 1915

A Modern Lear, November 2, 1912 Also known as Ethical Survivals in the Pullman Strike

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