Browse · Jane Addams Digital Edition

Woman and the Ballot: The Progressive View, October 6, 1912

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.

Philanthropy Politics Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Speech at Hotel Astor, October 11, 1912 (summary)

A short summary of Addams' speech at the Hotel Astor urging women to support the Progressive Party.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Fanny Adela Gans Wetzlar Coit to Jane Addams, October 14, 1912

Coit congratulates Addams on New Conscience and Ancient Evil and reflects on the book's subject matter.

Books Education England Praise Requests Social Work Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Ada Lois James, October 15, 1912

Addams reports that she is seeing woman suffrage as a primary focus of the Progressive Party campaign efforts.

Woman Suffrage

Mary Ware Dennett to Jane Addams, October 15, 1912

Dennett updates Addams on decisions of the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Woman Suffrage

Ada Lois James to Jane Addams, October 15, 1912

James writes Addams about the Progressive campaign in Wisconsin and the political culture there.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jessie Ashley to Jane Addams, October 17, 1912

Ashley protests against Addams for making a statement attacking Mary Towle at a board meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Legislation Woman Suffrage

Clara Landsberg to Sophonisba P. Breckinridge, October 19, 1912

Landsberg, writing for Addams, sends Breckinridge two letters regarding a misunderstanding at a recent meeting of the board of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Criticism Finances Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Jessie Ashley, October 19, 1912

Addams answers Ashley's letter of October 17, claiming that she did not do the things that Ashley alleged.

Criticism Legislation Public Opinion Woman Suffrage

Lena Morrow Lewis to Jane Addams, October 20, 1912

Lewis criticizes Addams and the Progressive Party for claiming to be the only party supporting women's suffrage, as the Socialist Party has supported the suffrage movement since its founding in 1901.

Criticism Politics Socialism Woman Suffrage

What the Progressive Party Means to Women, October 21, 1912

Addams argues that women's interests coincide with the work the Progressive Party is doing and that they should support it.

Government Progressive Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Excerpts from Wichita Speeches, October 23, 1912

Addams argues for a woman's right to vote.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams Points to the Progressive Party as Hope for Woman Suffrage, October 27, 1912

Addams argues for women's increased participation in politics and defends her decision to back a political party.

Philanthropy Politics Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Politics and Persons, ca. November 1912

Grinnell discussed how she became a supporter of woman suffrage and the Progressive Party, and of woman suffrage, giving Jane Addams credit for inspiring her.

Woman Suffrage

Every Progressive Democratic Government Must Include Woman Suffrage, November 1912

Addams argues that women's suffrage is a natural extension of the progress of democracy and offers examples throughout the world where woman are gaining the vote.

Government Politics Woman Suffrage

My Experiences as a Progressive Delegate, November 1912

Addams describes her experiences at the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and its appeal to labor and women.

Government Labor Military Peace Politics Social Reform Woman Suffrage

The Progressive's Dilemma: The New Party, November 1912

Addams defends the planks of the Progressive Party's platform by giving evidence from her experience.

Immigrants Labor Philanthropy Politics Public Health Social Reform Social Work Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to the Editor of Appeal to Reason, November 2, 1912 Also known as The Army Gets Busy, November 2, 1912

Addams apologizes for inaccurate information about the Socialist Party's endorsement of woman suffrage, which the Progressive Party circulated. The editor of the Appeal to Reason comments both before and after the published version of her letter.

Criticism Politics Socialism Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Martha Carey Thomas, November 6, 1912

Addams invites Thomas to Hull-House during her visit to Chicago and discusses the expansion of woman suffrage.

Hull-House Visits Politics Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Crystal Eastman, November 7, 1912

Addams congratulates Eastman on her campaign for woman suffrage in Wisconsin, despite its failure.

Politics Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Alice M. Sanders, November 18, 1912

Addams tells Sanders that though NAWSA officers disagreed over participation in the recent election, she did not foresee difficulties ahead.

Woman Suffrage

Indirect Influence, November 23, 1912

Addams argues for woman suffrage, demonstrating the limits of influence that women can have on political affairs without the vote.

Onsite Politics Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

The Communion of the Ballot, November 24, 1912

Addams' keynote address before the National American Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Philadelphia argues that women must have the ballot in order to maintain their moral and familial role for the betterment of society.

Government Immigrants Lectures Philanthropy Social Work Woman Suffrage

The Communion of the Ballot, December 14, 1912 (excerpt)

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.

Gender Roles Government Immigrants Poverty Social Welfare Woman Suffrage

Ethel B. Hoffman to Jane Addams, November 26, 1912

Hoffman thanks Addams for her work for the Progressive Party and woman suffrage.

Praise Woman Suffrage Women's Rights

Martha Carey Thomas to Jane Addams, December 12, 1912

Thomas explains her rationale for behind supporting the amendment that removed voting by delegation at the National American Women Suffrage Association.

Finances Woman Suffrage

The Communion of the Ballot, December 28, 1912 (excerpt)

An excerpt from Addams' speech to the National Woman Suffrage Association meeting in Philadelphia on November 24, 1912.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Junzo Kishi to Jane Addams, January 10, 1913

Kishi praises Addams's New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, and intends to write on her work from a Japanese perspective.

Books Immigrants Praise Woman Suffrage

The Family and the State -- A Satire, January 17, 1913

In a humorous effort to render the male arguments against woman suffrage absurd, Addams describes a hypothetical world in which women hold power and men are asking for the vote.

Business Gender Roles Labor Military Peace War Woman Suffrage

Statement at the International Congress of Women, June 4, 1913 (excerpt)

Addams situates the women's movement in a general impulse of seeking betterment for all people.

Conferences Internationalism Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Grace Abbott, June 20, 1913

Addams thanks Abbott for sending clippings and shares her travel plans.

Conferences Onsite Woman Suffrage

Comments on The International Suffrage Congress, July 12, 1913 (excerpts)

A summary of Addams' remarks to the New York Times about the wide range of represented countries at the International Suffrage Congress.

Conferences Travels Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Ruth Hanna McCormick, July 14, 1913

Addams sends McCormick a pin she brought home from the International Suffrage Association meeting in Budapest.

Thanks Woman Suffrage

A. Maude Royden to Jane Addams, July 19, 1913

Royden reminds Addams to send a copy of a report of the Chicago Vice Commission to help with a British education campaign.

England Morality Requests Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Catharine Waugh McCulloch, July 20, 1913

Addams sends McCulloch a pin from the International Suffrage Association meeting in Budapest.

Friends Woman Suffrage

Interview with the New York World, July 31, 1913

Addams speaks about her trip to the Middle East and the Zionism that was flourishing at the time during her visit to Jerusalem. She concludes that the suffrage movement has become universal.

Travels Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Ethel Eyre Valentine Dreier, August 1, 1913

Addams discusses her travel plans for the National Suffrage Convention in Washington.

Requests Travels Woman Suffrage

Speech to the National Council of Women Voters, August 15, 1913

Addams speaks at the National Convention of Women about the benefits of suffrage for women in America.

Lectures Social Work Woman Suffrage

Henry Opdyke to Jane Addams, August 29, 1913

Opdyke asks Addams to find someone in the psychology department at the University of Chicago to counter an article written by Professor Hugo Münsterberg that claimed women were not fit for jury duty because they are stubborn and will not listen to arguments.

Requests Woman Suffrage

1108 results

Jane Addams to the Editor of Appeal to Reason, November 2, 1912 Also known as The Army Gets Busy, November 2, 1912

Export Results as CSV