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Addams discusses public reaction against trade-unions, strikes, and their activities.
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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.
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Addams explains the distribution of a circular with regards to protection to working women.
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Gannett invites Addams to the National Women's Suffrage Association meeting in February.
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Woman's Journal summary of Addams' Mount Holyoke commencement speech covering women's empowerment, college training and morality. The speech was given on June 19, and published on June 29, 1907.
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Thomas invites Addams to make a tour of East Coast women's colleges on the subject of equal suffrage.
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Addams warns independent women against men who will try to take advantage of them in matters of money. This is a reprint of an article first published in 1907.
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Addams discusses traditional women's roles and how they correspond to a greater need for the involvement of woman in politics.
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A summary of Addams' speech at Mount Holyoke College in support of woman suffrage as a means to foster social change.
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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.
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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.
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Addams gives arguments for woman's suffrage, stressing that working class need it to be able to control some aspects of their lives.
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In this address, delivered for the Merrick Lectures, 1907-8, Addams describes the difficulty immigrant women face as they try to assimilate into American life.
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Burritt writes Addams for advice about drawing a connection between immigrant women and the suffrage movement and compliments her onĀ Newer Ideals of Peace.
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Tarbell writes Addams about her life since her visit to Hull-House.
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Addams sends Haldeman a postcard regarding the suffrage movement.
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In terms of securing their rights, Addams argues that women in America lag behind their European counterparts.
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Addams discusses the movement for municipal suffrage for women in Chicago, arguing that it will help improve schools, public health, and sanitation.
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Addams asks Nestor to speak at a public hearing in Springfield, Illinois, to discuss municipal voting for women.
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Addams argues that it is time for women to work in groups and advocate for causes that are important to them, like peace. Addams gave this address at the National Peace Congress in Chicago. This version was published in the proceedings.
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Addams argues that American women are behind their European peers with regard to individual rights.
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Letter welcoming people to join the American Association for Labor Legislation for a small fee.
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Salisbury praises Addams' new book and shares some of her own experiences working in a candy factory.
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Addams warns independent women against men who will try to take advantage of them in matters of money.
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In an interview with James Evan Crown, Addams discusses the impact that woman suffrage is having on society. Addams later denied having taken part in this interview, specifically her comments on the poor.

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