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Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

An excerpt of Addams' discussion on settlement houses and the role of women's clubs.

Addams discusses the history of suffrage and argues that women in modern, urban societies need the vote.

At a joint meeting of the Consumers League and General Federation of Women's Clubs, Addams argues for the passage of the Heyburn Pure Food Bill in Congress.

Also known as Address to the Lake View Women's Club, March 6, 1906 (excerpt)

Addams gave an address to the Lake View Women's Club about her views on woman suffrage at the municipal level of government.

Addams offers reasons why Chicago should extend vote to women.

Addams offers reasons in support of woman suffrage.

Addams reports that when Lindsey was not nominated for re-election by either party, the women of Denver elected him as an independent.

Thomas invites Addams to be the primary speaker for a College Equal Suffrage Committee that would bring Addams, Florence Kelley, Alice Park and Anna Howard Shaw to campuses to interest college women in forming suffrage associations.

Kelley praises Newer Ideals of Peace and makes plans to see Addams at Hull-House.

Gannett invites Addams to the National Women's Suffrage Association meeting in February.

A newspaper report and excerpts from Addams' February 17 speech at the National Suffrage Convention, after the defeat of municipal suffrage for women in Chicago.

Addams notifies Breckinridge about a meeting of the Committee for the Extension of Municipal Suffrage for Chicago Women.

Thomas invites Addams to make a tour of East Coast women's colleges on the subject of equal suffrage.

Addams argues that woman suffrage might impact the plight of fallen women who are preyed upon by men.

Thomas is disappointed that Addams cannot speak to various colleges in the fall, but wishes her to speak for two weeks during the spring semester.

Thomas lays out a series of lectures for Addams during a visit to Pennsylvania and Boston in March 1908 and asks Addams to consider taking on an additional lecture.

Addams discusses the benefits of suffrage and how the vote will benefit immigrant women living in tenement houses. This lecture was made before the Ethical Culture Society at New Century Hall in Philadelphia on March 14, 1908 and published later.

Addams discusses traditional women's roles and how they correspond to a greater need for the involvement of woman in politics.

A summary of Addams' speech at Mount Holyoke College in support of woman suffrage as a means to foster social change.

Addams discusses poor women in Chicago and their need for suffrage at a meeting of the College Equal Suffrage Society at Boston University on March 21. The excerpt was published later.

An excerpt from Addams' March 22 speech at Faneuil Hall to the Boston Equal Suffrage Association and the Women's Trade Union League on the changes in women's work brought about by factory work.

Addams gives arguments for woman's suffrage, stressing that working class need it to be able to control some aspects of their lives.

In this address, delivered for the Merrick Lectures, Addams speaks about the difficulty of assimilation into American life for immigrant women.

Addams reports to Rice on their defeat in securing woman suffrage in Chicago and in Illinois.

Thomas apologizes for the delay in responding and discusses the impact of Addams' lectures on the suffrage cause.

Addams points out the hypocrisy in women who ridicule suffragists.

Burritt writes Addams for advice about drawing a connection between immigrant women and the suffrage movement and compliments her on Newer Ideals of Peace.

Addams declines to sign a letter McCulloch sent her because it fails to strike the right tone. This letter is likely related to a statement McCulloch released on December 6 about Theodore Roosevelt's support for women's suffrage.

Thomas asks Addams to reconsider participating in the Equal Suffrage Council of College Women meeting to be held in Buffalo, New York.

Tarbell writes Addams about her life since her visit to Hull-House.

Addams forwards to McCulloch a letter with questions about suffrage and protective legislation.

Addams invites Thomas to speak about suffrage as part of a second push to secure municipal voting rights for women in Chicago.

Addams asks Whitlock to visit Hull-House and make a speech to a woman's suffrage group while in Chicago.

Whitlock declines Addams' request to lecture before a suffrage committee, but he accepts her offer to visit Hull-House.

Addams asks Booth to thank Anita McCormick Blaine for her donation to the the Committee for the Extension of Municipal Suffrage for Chicago Women.

Nicholes invites Whitlock and his wife to a suffrage meeting and to stay at Hull-House when he is in Chicago.

Ella Stewart sends Whitlock a check to cover his expenses for traveling to Chicago to speak with suffragists.

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

Addams sends Haldeman a postcard regarding the suffrage movement.

In terms of securing their rights, Addams argues that women in America lag behind their European counterparts.

Addams discusses the movement for municipal suffrage for women in Chicago, arguing that it will help improve schools, public health, and sanitation.

Addams argues women's need for the vote so that they can  perform their duties to family and the nation.

A portion of Addams' speech from the Second Annual Peace Conference on May 4, 1909 about what women have done that have earned them suffrage.

Addams argues that American women are behind their European peers with regard to individual rights.

Bok congratulates Addams on her suffrage articles for the Ladies Home Journal.

Addams apologizes for holding on to Andrews' article too long and praises him for its views on suffrage and protective legislation.

Addams argues for women to have the vote in order that they may continue to perform their duties to family and to home in the modern world, where responsibilities, like feeding their children and keeping them safe, are no long directly within their control.

Addams tells a story to illustrate the danger of looking at the struggle for women's rights through rose-colored glasses.

Bacon praises Addams' book The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets and writes about the progressive activities in which the women of her town are engaged.

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