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Addams argues that tenement conditions are bad and that regulations are needed to prevent worsening conditions.

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Addams discusses several charity and philanthropic efforts by the National Council of Jewish Women.

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A 28-page illustrated pamphlet outlining the work and social conditions of newsboys and newsgirls, based on a two-day intensive investigation. In it the Committee proposes revisions in child labor laws to curb the worst excesses.

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Addams' speaks to the Consumer's League about the dangers of sweat shops and child labor.

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Addams writes to the members of the General Federation of Women's Clubs regarding the organization's work with child labor and the letter

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Addams spoke about the issues of education and immigration, arguing that Americans need to open their minds to the experiences of immigrants, and that play is an important component of education,

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Addams encloses papers (not found) regarding a Greek baby.

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An extract of Addams' discussion of day nurseries, and their impact on poor families.

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Addams publishes the first chapter of Newer Ideals of Peace, in Charities and the Commons, arguing for a new approach to peace propaganda. She makes a direct appeal to sentiments and opinions to oppose the exploitation of the weak and to reject of blind militarism.

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Addams gave this speech at the first meeting of the Playground Association of America, held in Chicago, June 20, 1907. She spoke on the importance of play in the life of industrial and urban societies. The speech was published in August in Charities and the Commons.

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Addams co-wrote the Hull-House entry in The New Encyclopedia of Social Reform, covering its history and accomplishments.

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Addams argues that when women vote, they help to improve protection for children and to the general public.

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Addams describes the poverty of the Hull-House neighborhood in the early days of her work there. She discusses the lack of security and loneliness of the elderly, as well as child labor.

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West asks Addams to write an article about the plight of widows for the magazine, The Delineator.

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Princess Alice writes Addams looking for aid for homeless British women in Paris.

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Addams offers a strong indictment against old fashioned religious education and argues that the church, in order to encourage modern youth to see the validity of religion, must engage the realities and distractions of urban life.

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

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Welsh praises Addams' article on white slavery in McClure's Magazine and hopes it will start a discussion on the topic.

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Responding to Addams' latest article in McClure's Magazine, Jones discusses the role of drugs in white slavery.

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Harris asks Addams's advice about creating a series of lectures on vice and its causes.

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Laidlaw tells Addams about Rose Livingston's condition after being attacked for her anti-vice work.

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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.

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Addams discusses the process by which the government and politicians have taken up philanthropic work and argues that the Progressive Party is taking on many of the reforms philanthropists have been working on for years.

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

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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.

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Addams defends the Progressive Party plank that calls for the salaries earned by prisoners to be sent to support their dependent families.

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Addams provides the Progressive take on Woman and the Ballot for a symposium in the Chicago Record-Herald. She discusses the process by which the government and politicians have taken up philanthropic work and argues that the Progressive Party is taking on many of the reforms philanthropists have been working on for years.

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

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Addams discusses the labor situation in Chicago and argues that the Progressive Party will support the work of trade unions.

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Breckinridge asks Addams's advice about some filling job positions and the 50th anniversary of emancipation.

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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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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.

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

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Addams defends her involvement in partisan politics and argues that philanthropy and politics must often be partners in charting a better future for families and for communities. This is the first article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and a woman's roles in affecting change.

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Addams likens prison labor camps to slavery and discusses how unpaid prison labor impacts the families of the inmates.

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

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Addams discusses the exploitation of prison labor and its effects on inmates' families.

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Addams explains the evils of unpaid prison labor. This is the fourth 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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Addams discusses the economic, social, and human toll of unemployment and suggests some creative solutions being employed in England.

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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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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.

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On behalf of the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Malone invites Addams to serve on the Committee on Organization of the Congress on Social Insurance.

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Addams urges new women voters in Chicago to vote nonpartisan in local elections.

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A compilation of Addams' writings on reducing child labor, and increasing playgrounds and education for working-class children.

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Addams argues that it is the responsibility of a democracy to care about the social needs of its citizens.

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Chamberlain tells Addams he feels that the Progressive Party should not yet take a firm stance on sickness insurance.

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Report tells the importance of sickness insurance in social welfare programs.

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Addams addresses the attendees in the opening speech for the start of the Tenth Annual Conference on Child Labor in New Orleans.

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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.

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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.

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