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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 on 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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Addams urges women to take an active role in society.

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Addams' short argument for woman suffrage that women's voices are needed for the health and beauty of the cities.

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Addams gave this lecture at least two times; once at the February 2 meeting of the New York City Women's Political Union, and again on February 14 at the Boston School Voters' League. In the lecture, she discusses the philosophical relationship between women and the State and argues for the value of women in government, leading to the importance of woman suffrage. She may have also delivered a version of this lecture in Chicago on Dec. 8, 1910, to the Fortnightly Club.

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In this first installment of "Why Women Should Vote," Addams argues that antiquated notions of being a "lady" work against the woman suffrage movement.

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Addams argues for woman suffrage claiming that women need to protect their legal rights.

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Roosevelt compliments Addams's article in McClure's, which argues that woman's suffrage will lift up women from vice. But he also offers a caution that women's suffrage could fail to impart real change as suffrage failed to impart real change for African Americans in the South.

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Arguing that white slavery requires an organized movement to defeat it, Addams provides examples from cases in Chicago. This is the first in a five-part series, which would ultimately be published as A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil in 1912.

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Bok's questions for a series of interviews with Jane Addams and other prominent women are intended to find an explanation for women's "unrest" and the factors that have led to their discontent.

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Addams discusses women's suffrage and the importance of it in American society at a speech to the Wisconsin Assembly on January 25.

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A newspaper report of Addams's speech to the Milwaukee branch of the Wisconsin Woman Suffrage Association, which  uses humor to render the male arguments against woman suffrage absurd. A version of this speech was later published in the Ladies' Home Journal.

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Addams writes Stewart with details about the Congressional hearings on woman suffrage that the women are attending in Washington on March 13.

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A newspaper report of Addams' speech in New York entitled "The Church and the Social Evil."

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Also known as Bryn Mawr Commencement Address, June 6, 1912

In this commencement address, Addams discusses the changes in perception of women's intelligence and argues that the time is ripe for women's intelligence to hold sway.

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The article covers the founding the Woman's National Wilson and Marshall Organization and the efforts for clean government, especially in states like New Jersey.

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Pidgin asks Addams if the new Progressive Party has a stance on Mormon polygamy.

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The author offers his thoughts on woman suffrage and the custom of men tipping their hats to women.

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Bradford congratulates Addams for her nomination speech at the Progressive Party Convention.

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Farrell thanks Addams for her role in creating the Progressive Party platform.

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Gordon refuses Addams' request to help the Progressive Party, because she believes Theodore Roosevelt in not genuine in his support of woman suffrage.

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Fleischer applauds Addams' involvement with the Progressive Party, arguing that politics is a logical extension of social work.

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Addams reports on the Progressive Party Convention, discussing how items were added to its platform, particularly labor and military planks, and her dismay about the conventions unjust treatment of African-Americans. This is one of a series of articles she prepared as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.

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Addams argues for the implementation of a minimum wage for female workers.

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

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

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

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