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School Halls to be Social Centers, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb. 24, 1902, p. 3..jpg

Speech to the South Side League of Parents' Clubs Reunion, February 23, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the role of neighborhood centers can play in fostering community.

Child Welfare Education Lectures Recreation

Comments at the Commercial Club Dinner, April 28, 1906 (excerpts)

Addams and Edward Dunne speak on Chicago's capacity to fund recreation and park spaces.

Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Philanthropy Recreation Youth

Modern Philanthropy and the Child, May 22, 1906

Addams discusses the value of playgrounds for urban children, emphasizing the situation for youth in London.

Child Welfare Children Crime Lectures Philanthropy Recreation

Recreation and Morality, July 28, 1907

Addams argues for the creation of entertainments for urban dwellers for recreation and relaxation.

Gambling Juvenile Delinquency Recreation

Social Immoralities, October 1907

Addams argues for the creation of entertainments for urban dwellers for recreation and relaxation. This is an excerpt of Addams' speech, Public Recreation and Social Morality.

Recreation Urban Planning

The Difference Between City Boys and Country Boys, December 29, 1907

Addams describes how boyish exuberance is stunted if there are no opportunities for play.

Children Crime Recreation

Recreation for Girls In Cities, 1908

Addams argues for the value of recreation in girls' lives.

Recreation Youth

Interview with the Kansas City Star, April 20, 1908

Addams talks with a Kansas City Star reporter about increased political participation, recreation in cities and her work as garbage collector in Chicago.

Lectures Politics Recreation Social Work

A Fourth of July Anticipation at the Abraham Lincoln Centre, June 28, 1908

Addams speaks about the benefits of public parks to the community. The remarks were published on July 2, 1908.

Crime Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Recreation

Comments about a League for the Protection of Children, June 29, 1908

Addams discusses the work of the League for the Protection of Children, formed to advocate for the well being of children in Chicago. The comments were made during the National Education Association meeting.

Child Welfare Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Recreation

Dedication of Bomberger Park, June 30, 1908

Addams praises the new park established in Dayton and is drowned out by children's excitement.

Child Welfare Children Lectures Recreation

Some Reflections on the Failure of the Modern City to Provide Recreation for Young Girls, December 5, 1908

Addams advocates for the value of organized recreation for working class women.

Gambling Morality Recreation Youth

Statement on Recreation Piers, April 11, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams advocates for public recreational spaces for the benefit of all.

Children Lectures Public Works Recreation

The Bad Boy of the Street, October 1909

Addams argues that young boys need an outlet for their pent-up energy and adventurousness, and that without an outlet, like a playground, they are susceptible to petty crime.

Gender Roles Juvenile Delinquency Recreation Youth

The Gospel of Recreation, January 5, 1910

Addams argues for the value of recreation and urban spaces for play in the life of a society.

Recreation Urban Planning

Young People in a Great City, March 23, 1910

In this abridged version of "The Gospel of Recreation," Addams argues for the value of recreation and urban spaces for play in the life of a society.

Recreation Urban Planning

Charity and Social Justice, May 19, 1910

Addams' Presidential Address at the National Conference on Charities and Correction, held in St. Louis on May 19-26. Addams reviews the history of charity work and the challenges ahead. She gives examples from her experiences at Hull-House and others.

Charity Child Welfare Conferences Lectures Philanthropy Recreation Settlement Movement Social Reform 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

Recreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities, 1911

The published version of Addams' speech to the American Sociological Society, which argues that social interaction is the key to advancing society. In urban areas, city governments need to provide varied and organized recreations to build community.

Gambling Immigrants Recreation Urban Planning

Interview with Jane Addams, January 30, 1911

Addams and Marshall discuss play's positive effect on young children.

Children Crime Juvenile Delinquency Recreation

Ten Years' Experience in Illinois, March 12, 1911

Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discusses child labor legislation in Illinois.

Child Labor Education Gambling Lectures Legislation Recreation

Ten Years' Experience in Illinois, March 12, 1911

A published version of Addams' lecture on March 12 at the National Child Labor Committee Conference in Birmingham, Alabama, in which she discussed child labor legislation in Illinois.

Child Labor Education Lectures Legislation Recreation

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.

Juvenile Delinquency Lectures Morality Recreation Youth

Let Children Play, Says Jane Addams, March 25, 1911

Addams argues that if children have a chance to play outside they are less likely to become criminals.

Crime Lectures Recreation Youth

Gertrude Howe Britton to Juvenile Protective Association Executive Board, July 11, 1911

Britton offers a detailed description of the work of the Juvenile Protective Agency.

Child Welfare Juvenile Delinquency Law Recreation

Edward B. DeGroot to Jane Addams, October 7, 1911

DeGroot writes Addams about his resignation from the South Park Systems.

Recreation Social Welfare

Unknown to Louise de Koven Bowen, November 1, 1911

An unsigned letter discusses farm property in the Evanston area for sale and suggests that it could serve Hull-House as a camp or summer location.

Children Hull-House Recreation Requests

Recreation as a Public Function in Urban Communities, December 28, 1911

Addams' speech to the American Sociological Society argues that social interaction is the key to advancing society. In urban areas, city governments need to provide varied and organized recreations to build community.

Gambling Immigrants Lectures Recreation Urban Planning

Speech to the Civic and Commerce Association, May 1, 1912 (excerpts)

A newspaper report of Addams' speech before the Civic and Commerce Association in which she discusses the benefits of social centers.

Lectures Recreation Social Work Urban Planning

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

Address at the Opening of the Joseph Tilton Bowen Country Club, June 22, 1912

Addams offers a memorial to Joseph Tilton Bowen and describes the creation of the Hull-House country club named after him.

Death Hull-House Lectures Philanthropy Recreation

A Plea for More Play, More Pay and More Education for Our Factory Girls and Boys, 1913

An essay collected from Addams' writings on children, child labor, and recreational opportunities in the city.

Child Labor Child Welfare Children Education Recreation

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

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

George Albert Bellamy to Jane Addams, February 5, 1913

Bellamy asks Addams for suggestions on Cleveland's plan to develop a parks and recreation department.

Government Recreation Requests

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, June 1, 1913

Addams asks Blaine for a donation to the Hull-Hull-House Outing Fund. The letter, which probably went out to numerous others, was sent while Addams was abroad.

Children Hull-House Philanthropy Recreation Requests

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.

Juvenile Delinquency Morality Recreation Sex Hygiene Social Welfare

Recreation -- A Function of City Government, July 1, 1913 (fragment)

Addams discusses the role of a lack of recreation for youth as a source of political corruption and argues for the establishment of regulated public spaces to encourage cooperative and positive relationships.

Children Education Politics Recreation Youth

Miss Addams, August 1913

Using her home Nineteenth Ward in Chicago as an example, Addams explains how political corruption is born in the corruption of youth and argues for the establishment of regulated public spaces to encourage cooperative and positive relationships instead. This is the eighth article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's role to affect change.

Children Education Politics Recreation Youth

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