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A Modern Devil Baby, July 1914

Addams uses the story of the devil-baby to discuss how the beliefs in fairy tales are still an influencing factor in people's thinking.

Children Ethnic Groups Hull-House Immigrants Writings

Address at a Hull House Mothers' Meeting, February 6, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams tells a joke at the Hull House Mothers' meeting.

Children Hull-House Humor Lectures

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 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 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

Amusement for the People, 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 Girls' Club of Oak Park and River Forest High School, December 12, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams encourages students to make kind relations with immigrants and other people.

Hull-House Immigrants Lectures Settlements

Address to the Hull-House Woman's Club, December 11, 1901 (excerpts)

Addams notes abuses of Hull-Houses day nurseries by lazy fathers whose wives have to work.

Charity Children Hull-House

Address to the North Broadway Social Settlement, November 5, 1903

Addams speaks to the North Broadway Social Settlement about how she runs Hull-House.

Hull-House Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: Early Undertakings at Hull-House, June 1910

Addams writes about finding a location for her settlement and the early days of settling into the neighborhood and developing the ideas for their work. This is the third of six articles excerpted from Twenty Years at Hull-House.

Biography Hull-House Immigrants Settlements

Autobiographical Notes Upon Twenty Years at Hull-House: The Resources of the Immigrant, August 1910

Addams discusses the many programs at Hull-House that appeal to its immigrant neighbors and the additional value that their neighbors bring to the programs.

Education Hull-House Immigrants Music Theater