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Jane Addams to John Huntoon, August 28, 1911

Addams informs Huntoon that she cannot appear at an event in Akron due to her health.

Settlements

For the Renewal of Humanity, August 1918 (fragment)

A quote attacking the role of intellectuals in World War I.

Internationalism World War I

Jane Addams to Myra Harriet Reynolds Linn, June 15, 1918

Addams writes to Linn about hearing from John and Stanley Linn.

Family Onsite World War I

Jane Addams to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, June 15, 1918

Addams asks Coolidge to continue supporting the Hull-house Fresh Air Fund for children.

Child Welfare Hull-House Philanthropy Requests

Ernest Cook Poole to Jane Addams, July 26, 1918

Poole thanks Addams for sending him her notes and describes his plans for creating a pamphlet with the Foreign Press Bureau and the Food Service.

Food Conservation Internationalism Lectures Thanks

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Robert Weeks DeForest, July 29, 1918

Karsten regretfully informs DeForest that Addams is unable to accept his invitation.

Meetings

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Robert Weeks DeForest, July 29, 1918

Karsten explains to DeForest that Addams had already left for Colorado before his lunch invitation reached Chicago.

Meetings

Lillian D. Wald to Jane Addams, July 30, 1918

Wald discuss news of the Russian Civil War with Addams.

Internationalism Onsite Russia

Remarks on Tolstoy and the Russian Revolution, August 1918

Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.

Articles Germany Military Peace Politics Russia Socialism World War I

The Russian Complication in the Light of Tolstoy's Teachings, August 1918

Addams discusses the the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War using Tolstoy's theories, and argues that Russia represents an effort to end rather than start wars.

Articles Foreign Policy Germany Military Peace Politics Revolution Russia World War I

Three Efforts of Contemporary Russia to break through Current Abstractions, August 1918

Addams comments on the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, and the influences of Tolstoy on both.

Communism Military Onsite Politics Revolution Russia Soviet Union World War I Writings

Lou Henry Hoover to Jane Addams, August 2, 1918

Hoover thanks Addams for her pamphlet and reports on her husband's activities in Europe.

Food Conservation

Helena Stuart Dudley to Jane Addams, August 7, 1918

Dudley updates Addams on some of their friends and talks about democracy and Tolstoy.

Democracy Friends Health Help!World War I

Jane Addams to Helen Phelps Stokes, October 16, 1918

Addams tells Stokes that she cannot leave Chicago to attend the National Civil Liberties Bureau meeting in Washington.

Civil Rights Requests

Laurence T. Cole to Jane Addams, October 16, 1918

Cole thanks Addams for letting him know that John Addams Linn was killed in World War I.

Death Family World War I

Jane Addams to Emily Greene Balch, October 30, 1918

Addams suggests that the Woman's Peace Party's International Committee of Thirty Five hold a meeting in December.

Peace World War I

Statement on International Women's Peace Conference, January 1, 1919

Addams discusses the rationale for the International Congress of Women regarding the peace settlement.

Peace World War I

His Will to Righteousness, January 18, 1919

Addams discusses Theodore Roosevelt's impact on social work in a memorial article for The Survey.

Civil Service Politics Social Work Tributes Trusts

The Next Step, January 20, 1919

Addams argues for post war relief and the establishment of the League of Nations and other international organizations to help guarantee the peace. The speech was given at the University Auditorium as part of the Farmer's Week celebration.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Foreign Policy Internationalism Lectures Morality Peace Public Health Russia

His Will to Righteousness, February 9, 1919

Addams added additional text to her published Theodore Roosevelt tribute for public memorial in Chicago.

Awards and Honors Eulogies Writings

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

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Onsite Public Health Relief Efforts World War I

The Spirit of Youth (excerpt), April 13, 1919

An excerpt from Addams' book The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets. Addams explains how the mundane life of factory work on a young worker pushes them towards vices.

Child Labor Writings

Manifesto de Protestation Contre Le Traite De Paix de Versailles, July 5, 1919

The Comité protests the exclusion of Germany from the League of Nations and protests the Versailles Treaty as unfair and seeks to replace it with one designed to keep the peace.

Diplomacy Germany Peace World War I

Report on Budapest City Children's Asylum and White Cross Asylum, July 8, 1919 (excerpt)

The Swiss Red Cross reports on the deaths of children in the City Children's Asylum and White Cross Hospitals in Budapest.

Children Food Shortages Hungary Relief Efforts World War I

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