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Industrial Adjustment in the Household, March 18, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper summary of Addams' speech to the Philadelphia Branch of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, in which she argues that housewives are not Progressive thinkers.

Lectures Progressive

Eulogy for Judge Murray Floyd Tuley, December 31, 1905

Addams gives praise for Judge Tuley's efforts to rule fairly and apply laws progressively.

Eulogies Law Progressive

William Kent to Victor Fremont Lawson, May 10, 1911

Kent writes Lawson about his endorsement of Robert LaFollette for President as a means to build a progressive coalition.

Politics Progressive

Jane Addams to William Kent, May 15, 1911

Addams writes Kent that she has forwarded his letter to Anita Blaine about contributing to the presidential campaign of Robert LaFollette and adds that she will do what she can to support the cause.

Politics Progressive

Belle Case La Follette to Mary Ware Dennett, January 22, 1912

La Follette writes Dennett about her reasoning for going off the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, recommends a successor, and shares some political opinions.

Legislation Politics Progressive Requests Woman Suffrage

Mary Eliza McDowell to Jane Addams, August 7, 1912

McDowell complains to Addams that Roosevelt made a mistake by courting white Southerners and ignoring the needs of southern African-Americans.

African-Americans Politics Progressive Public Opinion

Interview at the Progressive Party Convention, August 7, 1912

Addams talks to a New York Sun reporter about her decision to support Theodore Roosevelt and the new party in the presidential election.

Government Politics Progressive Woman Suffrage

The Steps by Which I Became a Progressive, September-October 1912

Addams offers a biographical justification of why she has entered politics and joined the Progressive Party. The article was published in October 1912.

Biography Hull-House Labor Patriotism Philanthropy Politics Progressive Social Welfare Social Work

Jane Addams Relates the Steps by Which She Became a Progressive, October 12, 1912

Addams offers a biographical justification of why she has entered politics and joined the Progressive Party.

Biography Hull-House Labor Patriotism Philanthropy Politics Progressive Social Welfare Social Work

What the Progressive Party Means to Women, October 21, 1912

Addams argues that women's interests coincide with the work the Progressive Party is doing and that they should support it.

Government Progressive Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Jane Addams to George Platt Brett Sr., November 6, 1912

Addams asks Brett if he is interested in publishing a series of articles she is writing for the Ladies Home Journal on the progressive measures she advocated for the election.

Lectures Progressive Writing

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, November 7, 1912

Kellor sends Addams the Progressive Party's plan for education, notes Theodore Roosevelt's enthusiasm for the effort, and asks Addams to suggest names.

Education Progressive Requests

Lessons of the Election, November 27, 1912

Addams discusses her impressions of the campaign and election results in a speech to the City Club on November 13; the report of the event was published on November 27. Other speakers at the event were not included.

Politics Progressive Social Reform

Jane Addams to Theodore Roosevelt, November 20, 1912

Addams writes Roosevelt about the positive impact of the Progressive Party campaign on social reform issues.

Politics Progressive Social Work

Something New in Politics, ca. December 1912

In this article written for The Survey, Kellor describes the work of the National Committee of the Progressive Party in the aftermath of the 1912 election.

Progressive

Amos Pinchot to Theodore Roosevelt, December 3, 1912

Pinchot warns Roosevelt of the danger of allowing George Perkins to have a major role in the Progressive Party, due to his ties to big business.

Politics Progressive Trusts

William Kent to Jane Addams, December 7, 1912

Kent suggests to Addams that Woodrow Wilson supporters could combine forces with the Progressive Party to work on America's great humanitarian issues.

Politics Progressive

Jane Addams to William Kent, December 18, 1912

Addams tells Kent she discussed his letter with Roosevelt and other Progressives and that they seek cooperation with the Republican parties, but refuse to be swallowed up.

Politics Progressive

Donald Randall Richberg to Jane Addams, December 21, 1912

Richberg discusses the reasons he declined appointment as Cook County Assistant Attorney.

Law Politics Progressive

Madeleine Zabriskie Doty to Jane Addams, January 15, 1913

Doty sends Addams a proposed plan for the National Progressive Party Bureau of Education and asks for feedback.

Education Labor Progressive

New York Herald Editorial, January 16, 1913

The New York Herald warns that businessmen may be sorry they chose Woodrow Wilson over Theodore Roosevelt, claiming Wilson was untrained and unfamilar with the needs of business.

Business Politics Progressive

Frances Alice Kellor to Progressive National Service, February 3, 1913

Kellor seeks to increase the breadth of membership in the Progressive Service and asks for names of men and women in who may be interested.

Memberships Politics Progressive Requests

Amos Pinchot to Jane Addams, February 17, 1913

Pinchot clarifies his ideas about the Progressive Party's agenda going forward.

Industry Labor Progressive Social Reform

Paul Underwood Kellogg to William Draper Lewis, April 9, 1913

Kellogg sends Lewis a report of American Association for Labor Legislation activities.

Child Labor Legislation Politics Progressive

Paul Underwood Kellogg to John Rogers Commons, April 10, 1913

Kellogg asks Commons to do some work for the Progressive Party.

Legislation Memberships Progressive

Joel Elias Spingarn to Paul Underwood Kellogg, April 17, 1913

Spingarn writes to Kellogg that he is eager to help the Progressive Service and offers a suggestion on how best he might do that.

African-Americans Progressive Race Requests

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 7, 1913

Kellogg reports on recent work that has been done while Addams is abroad.

Legislation Memberships Progressive

Oscar Solomon Straus to Jane Addams, June 17, 1913

Straus tells Addams that his son enjoyed her book and organized the Progressive Committee of Princeton.

Praise Progressive Writings

Frances Alice Kellor to Jane Addams, July 3, 1913

Kellor writes Addams with updates from the Progressive Service and shares plans about a meeting in September.

Meetings Progressive Requests

Montaville Flowers to Jane Addams, October 17, 1913

Flowers asks Addams to endorse a series of lectures he planned to inspire interest in the Progressive movement.

Lectures Progressive

Samuel McCune Lindsay to Frances Alice Kellor, October 17, 1913

Lindsay sends Kellor a report of the Progressive Legislative Committee.

Progressive Social Reform

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, November 8, 1913

Kellogg asks Addams to critique a draft of the annual report of The Survey and sends a short biography that will appear with her name on the staff list.

Progressive Publishing Requests Writing

Remarks on Women and Public Responsibilities, August 9, 1914

Addams expresses why the time is now that women should be able to vote, with in regards to the social power women have which can be used for political power.

Child Labor Child Welfare Consumerism Industry Jobs Labor Legislation Philanthropy Politics Progressive Social Reform Social Welfare Social Work Woman Suffrage Women's Rights Writings

Herbert Quick to Daniel Kiefer, October 10, 1914

Quick takes issue with the inclusion of a single tax in C. L. Logan's peace plan.

Peace Progressive War

Jane Addams to Harold LeClair Ickes, November 27, 1914

Addams sends Ickes a paper with a suggestion that she received.

Politics Progressive

Jane Addams Sees Progressive Aims Attained Thru President, November 3, 1916

Addams praises President Wilson on accomplishing many of the goals of the Progressive Party during his first term.

Politics Praise Progressive Writings

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 10, 1917

Kellogg urges Addams to participate in the National Conference on Foreign Relations, seeing it as an opportunity to get progressive voices before powerful men.

Foreign Policy Lectures Progressive Requests