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Address on Anna Howard Shaw, November 13, 1919

Addams gives a memorial address for Shaw, highlighting Shaw's involvement in the woman's suffrage movement and religious education.

Death Eulogies Friends International Affairs Memberships Politics Religion Woman Suffrage

Address on Child Labor, May 9, 1923 (summary)

Addams urged China to study of child labor and work against it.

Child Labor China Lectures

Address on Civic Associations, January 12, 1912 (excerpts)

An excerpt from Addams's remarks at a January 12 City Club Housewarming, focused on Civic Associations' Night, where she discusses how civic associations can be bridges to connect diverse communities.

Democracy Government Immigrants Lectures Politics

Address on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903

Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.

Child Welfare Children Lectures

Address on Henry Demarest Lloyd, November 29, 1903

Addams' memorial to Henry Demarest Lloyd discusses his life and character.

Eulogies Lectures

Address on Industrial Education, February 13, 1908 (summary)

Addams warns adults of some aspects of trade schools for boys. The speech was given at the first convention of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education on January 24, as part of a session entitled The Wage Earners' Benefit from Industrial Education.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Address on Industrial Education, November 16, 1906 Also known as The Importance of Industrial Education from the Social Standpoint, November 16, 1906

Addams' lectures at the founding meeting of the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education on November 16, 1906, at Cooper Union, commenting on the need for practical education that works in the modern world. The speech was published in January 1907.

Child Labor Consumerism Education Lectures

The Importance of Industrial Education from the Social Standpoint, November 16, 1906 (fragment) Also known as Address on Industrial Education, November 16, 1906 (fragment)

Addams gave this speech at a public meeting held by the Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education, at Cooper Union, along with Henry Pritchett, Frank Vanderlip, Frederick Fish, Nicholas Murray Butler, Frank P. Sargent, and others. Addams' appeal, unlike the other speakers, identified with the plight of working people and argued that industrial education would better their lives.

Child Labor Education Germany Labor

Address on international arbitration, ca. 1927

Addams discusses the role of international courts and organizations in avoiding war and settling disputes.

Courts Internationalism Lectures Peace War

Address on International Arbitration, ca. 1927

Addams discusses the role of international courts and organizations in avoiding war and settling disputes.

Arbitration Courts Internationalism Lectures Peace War

Address on International Arbitration, January 7, 1912

In this speech given at the Auditorium Theater, under the auspices of the Hamilton Club, Addams argues for a system of international arbitration to avoid war.

Arbitration Government Internationalism Lectures Peace

Address on La Follette Campaign, October 20, 1924 (excerpt) Also known as Address to the Detroit Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, October 20, 1924 (excerpt)

In two Detroit speeches, Addams praises the candidacy of Robert La Follette for the presidency and offers impressions from her world trip.

Japan Lectures Peace Politics

Address on Neighborhood Improvement, June 25, 1904 (Extract)

Article summarizes and quotes from Addams' speech and comments on neighborhood improvement at the National Conference of Charities and Correction.

Conferences Lectures Social Work

Address on Occupational Therapy, September 1919

Addams discusses the work done in Chicago for helping those suffering from mental illness. Her talk was given at the third annual conference of the National Society for the Promotion of Occupational Therapy, held at Hull-House, from September 9 to September 11.

Disability Hull-House Lectures Onsite Philanthropy Social Work

Address on Settlements, June 24, 1909 (Summary)

A summary of Addams' address about Hull-House and its relationship with the neighbors it supports.

Hull-House Immigrants Lectures Settlements

Address on Street Trading, March 1909

Addams discusses a previous study on newsboys and argues that there are no child labor laws that protect them. These comments were made at the National Child Labor Committee annual meeting in January 1909.

Child Labor Conferences Legislation

Address on Swedish Famine, February 19, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams calls for a charitable response to aid the famine sufferers in Sweden, discussing the different kinds of charitable work in education and relief.

Charity Education Relief Efforts Sweden

Address on the Children's Bureau, January 21, 1909

Addams argues for the establishment of a federal bureau for the protection of children, especially regarding the issues of child labor and education. The speech was given before the Fifth National Child Labor Conference, held in Chicago.

Labor Politics

Address on the Hull-House Labor Museum, May 16, 1911

Addams' speech at the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, on the Hull-House Labor Museum's exhibit.

Education Hull-House Immigrants Museums

Address on the League of Nations, February 11, 1919

Addams addresses the Great Lakes Congress of the League to Enforce Peace, arguing for the importance of international cooperation after the war. The meeting was held in Chicago.

Charity Internationalism Lectures Peace

Address on the Non-Partisan League of Women Voters, September 7, 1923 (excerpt)

Addams spoke briefly alongside Chester Rowell to argue that women should use their votes to get the changes they want.

Hawaii Lectures Woman Suffrage

Address on the Second National Peace Congress, March 12, 1909 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the nature of the peace movement and the key players within it before the Chicago Association of Commerce.

Conferences Peace

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

Address on War and Human Sacrifice, 1914

Addams, comparing the act of human sacrifice to what is going on in the early stages of World War One, points out how pointless both acts are.

Biblical figures Ethics Greece Lectures Morality Peace War

Address to B'rith Kodesh Temple, March 18, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the formation and goals of Hull-House in a speech to the B'rith Kodesh Temple.

Biography Lectures Settlement Movement

Address to Baltimore Society of Friends, October 30, 1919 (summary)

A summary of Addams' remarks to the Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends about conditions in Europe and her trip through Germany.

Lectures Relief Efforts

Address to Congregational Ministers, October 31, 1921 (excerpt)

Addams argues that women can organize to prevent wars.

Military Peace

Address to Congregational Ministers, October 31, 1921 (excerpt)

Addams argues that international organizations of women will avert future wars.

League of Nations Lectures Peace

Address to Deering Company Strikers, April 29, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams' comments to striking girls about working conditions and labor organization. The strike, against the International Harvester Company, Deering Division, resulting in the shut down of the plant, putting 6,000 out of work. This is a portion of a longer article on the strike.

Labor Lectures

Address to Franklin Street Settlement, March 17, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams speaks to the Franklin Street Settlement in Detroit about working in a settlement.

Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Address to Hull House Woman's Club, April 16, 1902

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Hull-House Lectures Sanitation

Address to Hull-House Woman's Club, October 9, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the evils of the sweatshop system and urges women to look for the union label when shopping for goods.

Labor Lectures

Address to Los Angeles YWCA, May 4, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams' discusses child labor before the Los Angeles YWCA.

Child Labor Lectures

Address to Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Crime Crime Enforcement Poverty

Address to Open National Child Labor Committee Campaign, February 3, 1919 (excerpt) Also known as Girl's Part in Reconstruction Work, February 3, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams opened the membership campaign for the National Child Labor Committee in Pittsburgh and spoke to the Western Pennsylvania League of Women Workers on the need

Child Labor Labor League of Nations Lectures Peace World War I

Address to Open the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit, May 11, 1911

Addams' brief opening address at the Chicago Child Welfare Exhibit.

Child Welfare Education Lectures Youth

Address to Physicians, ca. January 1920 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the beneficial effect of hard work on the morality of youth.

Labor Lectures Youth

Address to Second Congressional District of Illinois, September 29, 1903

Addams addresses the Second Congressional District of Illinois asks Chicago woman's clubs to establish a scholarship for children of widows.

Charity Child Welfare

Economic Imperialism, April 28, 1925 Also known as Address to the Annual Meeting of the United States Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, April 28, 1925

Addams discusses the unequal relationship between Mexico and the United States and efforts in Mexico to prevent economic dependence on America.

Business Economics Foreign Policy Government International Affairs Labor Lectures Mexico Peace United States

Address to the Badger Club, January 18, 1920

Addams discusses efforts to save starving children in Europe.

Europe Lectures Relief Efforts

Address to the Baltimore City Club, April 27, 1922 (summary)

Addams argues for the release of political prisoners and American intervention in the European food crisis.

Anti-radicalism Foreign Policy Lectures Relief Efforts

New Methods in Philanthropy, November 7, 1903 (excerpts) Also known as Address to the Catholic Women's League, November 7, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams speaks to the Catholic Women's League about the ways the poor are harmed by unthinking charitable efforts.

Child Labor Lectures Philanthropy Poverty

Amusement for the People, March 25, 1902 Also known as Address to the Charity Organization Society, March 25, 1902

Addams addresses a meeting at the United Charities building in New York and discusses how Hull-House makes use of its theater.

Lectures Theater

Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, April, 1902

Addams addresses the Chicago Business Women's Club on factors that may cause children to grow into "tramps."

Child Labor Child Welfare Crime Lectures

Address to the Chicago Business Women's Club, January 13, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper summary of Addams' talk describing child labor in the Southern factories.

Child Labor Child Welfare Lectures Manufacturing

The Capture of Certain Trade Unions by Corruption, December 20, 1903 (summary) Also known as Address to the Chicago Ethical Society, December 20, 1903

The Inter Ocean summarizes Addams' lecture on rising corruption in trade union leadership.

Labor Lectures

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Address on Industrial Education, November 16, 1906 Also known as The Importance of Industrial Education from the Social Standpoint, November 16, 1906

The Importance of Industrial Education from the Social Standpoint, November 16, 1906 (fragment) Also known as Address on Industrial Education, November 16, 1906 (fragment)

Address on La Follette Campaign, October 20, 1924 (excerpt) Also known as Address to the Detroit Branch of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, October 20, 1924 (excerpt)

Address to Open National Child Labor Committee Campaign, February 3, 1919 (excerpt) Also known as Girl's Part in Reconstruction Work, February 3, 1919 (excerpt)

Economic Imperialism, April 28, 1925 Also known as Address to the Annual Meeting of the United States Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, April 28, 1925

New Methods in Philanthropy, November 7, 1903 (excerpts) Also known as Address to the Catholic Women's League, November 7, 1903 (excerpts)

Amusement for the People, March 25, 1902 Also known as Address to the Charity Organization Society, March 25, 1902

The Capture of Certain Trade Unions by Corruption, December 20, 1903 (summary) Also known as Address to the Chicago Ethical Society, December 20, 1903

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