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What Prohibition Has Done for Disadvantaged Communities, May 1932

A compilation of testimony offered by Jane Addams and Evangeline Booth about the impact of prohibition in poor communities.

Poverty Prohibition

Jane Addams at 68, July 13, 1928

An article detailing Addams' views on war and her biographical background.

Biography Health Hull-House Peace Poverty

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, April 17, 1928

Kellogg tells Addams about the 16th Conference of the National Federation of Settlements, held in Boston.

Conferences Economy Immigration Politics Poverty Prohibition Race Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work

Ward, Harry Frederick (1873-1966)

Education Eugenics Peace Philanthropy Philosophy Politics Poverty Religion Settlements

The Miner Speaks, ca. May 1926

Hankey describes the plight of coal miners in England.

England Labor Poverty Religion Social Welfare

A Book That Changed My Life, October 13, 1927

Addams tells of the inspiration she took from reading Leo Tolstoy's What Shall We Do Then?.

Biblical figures Books Criticism England Historical figures Labor Poverty Relief Efforts Religion Russia Settlements Writings Youth

If I Had It to Do Again, What Would I Do Differently, June 19, 1929

Addams reflects on her settlement work at a meeting of the National Federation of Settlements Conference.

Hull-House Hull-House Residents Lectures Peace Poverty Religion Settlement Movement Settlements Social Work

The Settlement as a Way of Life, July 1929

Addams reflects on her career at the National Federation of Settlement Conference. The speech was given on June 19, 1929 and published in Neighborhood in July.

Hull-House Hull-House Residents Peace Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work World War I

Louella Rubie Stratton Dahlem to Jane Addams, 1925

Mrs. L.R. Dahlem asks Jane Addams to help out a poor, large family.

Poverty Requests

A New Peace Conference Resolutions, December 9, 1922

The Conference proposes a series of resolutions calling for revision of the peace terms of World War I.

International Affairs League of Nations Peace Poverty World War I

Audience Questions after The Social Results of Charitable Effort, November 17, 1902

Addams and Dibble argue about the nature of the poor after she gives her speech.

Lectures Poverty Public Opinion

The Social Results of Charitable Effort, November 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the need to understand the poor in order to solve the problems of poverty.

Charity Immigrants Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work

Jane Addams to Ellen Gates Starr, March 12, 1923

Addams tells Starr about her travels and impression of Indian women.

India Poverty Travels Woman Suffrage

A Report on the Upper Middle Class in Vienna, January 1920

Vernon reports on food shortages, inflation, and wage stagnation in Vienna.

Austria Economy Food Conservation Food Shortages Poverty Relief Efforts

American Women's Hospitals

Charities Charity Child Welfare Children Medicine Poverty Public Works Relief Efforts Social Welfare Travels

Interview with Topeka Daily Capital, December 8, 1905

Addams discusses her work in settlements and at Hull House with a reporter from the Topeka Daily Capital.

Hull-House Poverty Settlement Movement

Why the League Limps, January 19, 1922

Addams argues that the League of Nations could increase its popularity by taking on European relief efforts.

Articles Economics Europe Internationalism League of Nations Peace Poverty Relief Efforts Russia World War I

Central Committee of the Catherine Breshkovsky Fund for Russian Orphans

Philanthropy Poverty Russia

Alice Hamilton to Hamilton Family, May 1, 1919

Alice Hamilton writes to her family of her travels with Jane Addams in France through devastated areas affected by World War I.

Peace Poverty Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Woodrow Wilson, May 16, 1919

Jane Addams informs President Wilson that the international congress of women urges the the powers of the Peace Congress to follow the steps to ensure peace.

Conferences Food Conservation Peace Poverty Travels World War I

Hogan, Ben (?-?)

Housing Poverty Religion Settlement Movement Settlements

Mangasarian, Mangasar Magurditch (1859-1943)

Armenia Philosophy Poverty Relief Efforts Religion Turkey United States

The Subtle Problems of Charity, February 1899

Addams discusses the problems that charity workers face when they bring middle-class assumptions about the poor to their efforts to practically help them.

Charity Labor Poverty Social Work

Sarah Alice Bacon Tunnicliff and Adolph Jahn to Jane Addams, January 16, 1918

Tunnicliff and Jahn call an emergency meeting to help ration diminished coal supplies throughout Chicago.

Chicago Meetings Poverty Requests

Statement on $2.50 Weekly Wage, April 4, 1901

Women argue against setting a weekly salary of $2,50 because it was not sufficient to health and well-being.

Labor Lectures Poverty

The Devil Baby at Hull-House, October 1916 (fragment)

Addams prepared some cases of poverty that she did not use on the Devil Baby at Hull-House article.

Children Crime Immigrants Poverty Social Work

Remarks on Woman Suffrage, October 23, 1915

Addams tells her experiences helping illiterate women to vote.

Poverty Woman Suffrage

Who is to Blame for Child Labor?, July 23, 1914

Addams, discussing the main reasons for why child labor is wrong, how it came to be, and who can be blamed for it.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Industry Legislation Manufacturing Poverty Writings

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

Charity Child Welfare Civil Service Finances Illinois Legislation Microfilm Philanthropy Politics Poverty Social Welfare

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

Addams questions the process of how pension funds are being distributed to needing families and how it needs to be handled better while criticizing the city of Chicago's government for not doing enough to help the poor.

Charity Child Welfare Civil Service Illinois Legislation Philanthropy Politics Poverty Social Welfare

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

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910 (excerpt)

Newspaper report of Addams' speech at the conference of Charities and Correction in St. Louis discussing state of charitable work.

Charity Lectures Poverty Social Work

Speech to Chicago Sunday Evening Club (Excerpt), October 9, 1910

Newspaper report of Addams' speech on the need for entertainments among the poor in Chicago. The speech was given for the Sunday Evening Club.

Crime Lectures Poverty Recreation Youth

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, September 26, 1913

Addams' speaks on the impact of poverty at the National Federation of Settlements in Pittsburgh.

Charity Conferences Labor Lectures Legislation Poverty Settlement Movement

Remarks on the Funds for Parents Act, ca. September 26, 1913

Addams discusses the Funds to Parents Act, which provides charitable support for impoverished children.

Charity Lectures Legislation Poverty

Jane Addams: Solving the Problem of the Unemployed, September 1913

Addams discusses the economic, social, and human toll of unemployment and offers some creative solutions to the problem being employed in England. This is the ninth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's roles in affecting change.

Labor Poverty Social Welfare Unemployment

Aspects of Unemployment, July 1913 (fragment)

Addams discusses the economic, social, and human toll of unemployment and suggests some creative solutions being employed in England.

Labor Poverty Social Welfare Unemployment

Why Women Are Concerned with the Larger Citizenship: Philanthropy and Politics, 1913

Addams discusses how philanthropic activities become political activities, citing instances from her own work in Chicago.

Charity Juvenile Delinquency Labor Lectures Poverty Public Health Recreation Settlements Social Welfare

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, 1913 (excerpts)

Addams' speech to the National Federation of Settlements on the impact of poverty, reprinted in shortened form in the conference proceedings.

Charity Conferences Labor Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Work

The Communion of the Ballot, December 14, 1912 (excerpt)

An excerpt from Addams' November 24 speech to the National Woman Suffrage Association meeting highlights her ideas about mother's pensions, immigrant socialization, and recreation.

Gender Roles Government Immigrants Poverty Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

The Disinherited in Industry, October 5, 1912

Addams described the Progressive Party's support for the dependents of prisoners, by allowing wages they earn in prison to be sent to their families. It also supports calls for social insurance that would protect the poor in case of injury or old age.

Crime Labor Poverty Prisons Social Welfare

The Progressive Party and the Disinherited, August-September, 1912

Addams described the Progressive Party's support for the dependents of prisoners, by allowing wages they earn in prison to be sent to their families. It also supports calls for social insurance that would protect the poor in case of injury or old age. This is one of a series of articles prepared for the Central Press Association as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

Crime Labor Poverty Prisons Social Welfare

Settlement Work, June 1, 1906 (excerpt) Also known as Address at the General Federation of Women's Clubs Convention, June 1, 1906 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the role that settlements play in improving the conditions of the poor. Only the portion of the article with Addams remarks has been included.

Charity Lectures Poverty Settlement Movement Social Class

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

Social Regeneration, December 24, 1903

Addams argues the lower class can only be raised up if everyone in the community takes a interest in their plight. The article appeared in multiple newspapers.

Poverty Social Reform