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Graham-Mulhall, Sara (1873-1945)

Awards and Honors Charity Education Government Philanthropy Social Reform Social Welfare

The Committee on Militarism in Education: Origin and Aims, ca. January, 1929

The Committee details its history and current efforts in a brochure.

Education Government Military Social Reform War Youth

National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC)

Canada Social Reform Women's Rights

Hopkins, Charlotte Everett Wise (1851-1935)

Philanthropy Social Reform United States

Bacon, Albion Fellows (1865-1933)

Literature Social Reform United States

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Mauger, Samuel Thomas (1857-1936)

Australia Politics Social Reform

Shambaugh, Bertha Maude Horack (1871-1953)

Photography Social Reform United States

Edson, Katherine Philips (1870-1933)

Labor Social Reform Women's Rights

Howard League for Penal Reform

England Prisons Social Reform

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

Wallace Rider Farrington to Frances Spaeth Parks, December 7, 1927

Farrington invites Parks to attend the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference in Honolulu.

Education Government Hawaii Health Peace Social Reform Women

Address to the Chicago Woman's Club, February 15, 1926

Addams discusses the motto of the Chicago Woman's Club and its history of social reform for its Golden Jubilee at the Congress Hotel.

Clubs Lectures Social Reform Women

Draft of Address to the Chicago Woman's Club, February 15, 1926

Addams describes the history of the Chicago Woman's Club and the future of social reform.

Clubs Lectures Social Reform Women

Thayer, Helen Chadwick Rand (1863-1935)

Settlement Movement Social Reform United States Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Guinzburg, Leonie Kleinert (?-1955)

Settlement Movement Social Reform United States

Andrews, Charles Freer (1871-1940)

Education England India Religion Social Reform

Hartley House

Charities Education Settlements Social Reform United States

Higgs, Mary Ann Kingsland (1854-1937)

England Housing Social Reform Woman Suffrage

Sheba to Jane Addams, May 17, 1925

Sheba tells Addams about her religious beliefs that the current leaders of religion are corrupt and inept.

Jamaica Religion Social Reform

Swanzy, Julie Judd (1860-1941)

Social Reform Social Work

Russell, Dora Winnifred Black (1894-1986)

Social Reform Socialism Women's Rights

Johnson, Bascom (1878-1954)

Social Purity Social Reform United States

After Sixty-Five, June 1, 1929

Addams reflects on the role of the elderly in society.

Articles Old Age Social Reform Youth

The Pageant of Emancipation, April 10, 1929

Addams discusses the progress of women and their importance to society in the western world and in Asia at a regional meeting of the Young Woman's Christian Association.

Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm (1871-1954)

England Social Reform Sociology

Children's Social Attitudes and Character, February 16, 1928

Addams discusses her interactions with Hull-House's immigrant neighbors as part of a round table discussion at the Midwest Conference on Character Development. This transcript includes discussion after Addams's talk which does not appear in the published proceedings.

Children Conferences Education Film Hull-House Immigrants Morality Social Reform