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The Message of a Good Woman: Review of Democracy and Social Ethics, April 16, 1902

Newspaper clipping of a review ofDemocracy and Social Ethics.

The Business Woman's Opportunity for Philanthropy, November 19, 1901

Newspaper coverage of Addams' November 19 address to the Chicago Business Woman's Club linking child labor to laziness in adults.

Child Labor, Hull-House, Lectures, Philanthropy

Statement on Tenement Housing in Chicago, May 1, 1901

Addams reports on the recommendations of the City Homes Association in regard to the building of tenement houses in Chicago.

Housing, Hull-House, Lectures, Poverty

Social Regeneration, December 7, 1903 (summary)

The Chicago Daily Tribune, summarizes Addams' talk to the Chicago Bureau of Charities on the morality of charity.

Charity, Lectures, Poverty

Address at Memorial for Teachers Who Perished in the Iroquois Theatre Fire, January 16, 1904 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a memorial meeting for Iroquois Theater fire victims, organized by the Chicago Teacher's Federation, about the dangers of overlooking violations in fear of being seen as bad people.

Death, Education, Lectures

Address at Meeting for Catherine Breshkovsky, January 22, 1905 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a meeting of Chicago Russians to hear Madame Katherine Breshkovsky speak on Russian freedom.

Lectures, Peace, Russia

Jane Addams et al. to Emmeline Pankhurst, October 19, 1913

Addams and other Chicago women send a message to Emmeline Pankhurst in solidarity with her, appalled at her detention at Ellis Island.

Government, Immigration, Woman Suffrage

Summary of Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 19, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Wilson to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Civil Rights, Government, Woman Suffrage

Address to the 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.

Child Welfare, Courts, Crime, Immigrants, Lectures, Poverty

Address to the Traction Commission of the Council, January 4, 1902

Addams speaks to the Traction Commission, representing the working people living in the 19th Ward and seeking a reduction of public transportation fares.

Labor, Lectures, Transportation

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 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 on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903

Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.

Child Welfare, Children, Lectures

Address to the Stewart Avenue Universalist Church, January 4, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper summary of Addams' speech on child labor and the need for new laws.

Child Labor, Lectures, Manufacturing

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

Peace and War, September 16, 1903 (excerpts)

Addams suggests sending peacemakers rather than warships to Turkey.

Lectures, Peace, Politics, War

Statement on Child Labor and the Plight of Orphans, June 4, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper account of Addams' statement on raising of women's clubs funds to support child care for widows attending school.

Child Labor, Education, Lectures

Newer Ideals of Education as Affecting National Life, June 17, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams delivered the commencement speech at Rockford College, arguing that a lack of growth was a danger to moral life of individual and nation.

Education, Lectures, Morality, Peace, War

Idea of the Social Settlement, July 12, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of Addams' talk at "Settlement Sunday," held at the University of Chicago.

Education, Immigrants, Lectures, Settlement Movement

Comments on High Schools, November 5, 1903

Addams calls for more high schools to make it easier for children to continue their education.

Children, Education

Statement on Charges Against Hull-House, November 11, 1903

Addams denies an accusation that Hull-House turned away a woman appealing for help.

Charity, Criticism, Health, Hull-House

Address to the Chicago Woman's Club, November 11, 1903

Addams speaks about women reformers' duty to treat the unfortunate with compassion and not contempt.

Charity

Why Women Should Vote, February 4, 1912 (excerpt)

The Chicago Tribunepublished an excerpted version of Addams' speech on woman suffrage in Madison, Wisconsin, on January 23, 1912.

Labor, Lectures, Politics, Social Reform, Woman Suffrage

The Worst Phases of Wife Desertion, April 8, 1906

Addams discusses the prevalence of wife desertion among Jewish and Italian men in the Hull-House neighborhood.

Immigrants

Some Aspects of Child Labor Under the Present Illinois Law, March 4, 1906 (excerpts)

Addams presents reasons to oppose the employment of young children in the theater.

Child Labor, Education, Lectures

Traditional Housekeeping and Pure Food, February 17, 1906

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.

Lectures, Public Health, Woman Suffrage