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Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: How the Work at Hull-House Has Grown (Third of Three Installments), May 1906

Addams lays out the expansion of Hull-House programs and buildings from 1890 to 1905.

Charity Hull-House Immigrants Settlements Unemployment

Oscar Solomon Straus to Jane Addams, December 5, 1908

Straus declines Addams' request to participate on the Committee on Immigrants of the National Conference of Charities and Correction because of his position as Secretary of Commerce and Labor.

Immigration Labor Requests Unemployment

Henry Walcott Farnam et al. to Unknown, [1910]

Letter welcoming people to join the American Association for Labor Legislation for a small fee.

Child Labor Industry Labor Memberships Onsite Requests Unemployment Women's Rights

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams to January 6, 1912

Andrews informs Addams that she has been elected to a committee of the American Association for Labor Legislation, which will form the American Section of the International Association on Unemployment.

Civil Service Unemployment

Mary Foulke Morrisson to Jane Addams, October 2, 1912

Morrisson lays out the Progressive Party's platform and gives a list of suggestions for local Progressive Party groups to implement.

Unemployment

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, November 21, 1912

Andrews asks Addams, as a member of the Committee on Unemployment, to assist with a report for the American Association for Labor Legislation.

Labor Memberships Requests Unemployment

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, December 5, 1912

Andrews asks Addams to draft a letter on unemployment that he can read to a meeting in Boston.

Labor Requests 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

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

Jane Addams to John Bertram Andrews, May 12, 1914

Addams encloses a letter from James Barr and supports his idea that the American Association for Labor Legislation should hold a conference on the unemployed.

Conferences Requests Unemployment

James Adam Barr to Jane Addams, May 7, 1914

Barr asks Addams's assistance in creating an unemployment conference in connection with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition.

Conferences Labor Requests Unemployment

Address on Unemployment, February 24, 1915

Addams spoke to the City Club about the unemployment crisis, explaining the role of Hull-House in providing space for public debate on the issue.

Charities Civil Service Employment Hull-House Hull-House Residents Jobs Lectures Philanthropy Social Welfare Social Work Unemployment

Mary Rozet Smith to Nettie Fowler McCormick, May 2, 1915

Smith thanks McCormick for the check on behalf of Bowen and Addams.

Hull-House Thanks Unemployment

Anna Lindemann to Jane Addams, April 16, 1921

Lindemann tells Addams about the plight of Germany and asks help employing German women.

Education Germany Help!Labor Onsite Relief Efforts Requests Unemployment World War I

The Attack on War, September 18, 1921

Addams provides reasons for disarmament as a means to better the economy, reduce unemployment and taxes, and improve international relations. The speech was given at the Eccleston Guildhouse in London and then published.

Economy Education Foreign Policy Industry Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Military Peace Russia Taxes Unemployment War