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Statement on Using Boys as Messengers, April 8, 1901

Addams and Thomas argue why boys 14 and younger should be sent to school rather than work as messengers.

Child Labor

Statement on Apprenticeship System, April 19, 1901

Addams argues that the proposed apprenticeship system needs to be remodeled before it will be effective.

Child Labor Education Manufacturing

Address to the Chicago Institute, June 21, 1901

Addams criticizes trade schools in an address to the Chicago Institute.

Child Labor Education Lectures

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

Speech at the Child-Saving Conference, January 30, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams and Bodine discuss changes needed in compulsory education rules to make them more effective.

Child Labor Education Lectures

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

Henry Warren to Jane Addams, May 4, 1902

Warren praises Addams' speech about child labor that she delivered in Los Angeles.

Labor Lectures Public Opinion

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

Addams' discusses child labor before the Los Angeles YWCA.

Child Labor Lectures

Statement on Child Labor at the Hull House Summer School, July 3, 1902

Addams discusses child labor, the topic of an upcoming lecture at the Summer School.

Child Labor Education Hull-House Lectures

Lecture on Social Settlement System, July 28, 1902

Addams discusses the settlement house's role as a charity and the means by which it appeals to the poor. She spoke at the Decatur Chautauqua.

Charities Child Labor Lectures Settlement Movement Social Work

The Social Waste of Child Labor, October 4, 1902 (excerpt)

Addams exhorts members of the Chicago Political Equality League to work against child labor and towards educating the poor.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Comments on Child Labor, November 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discussed the ills of child labor at a meeting of interested people in Chicago.

Child Labor Lectures

Charity and Its Motives as Seen by Jane Addams, November 14, 1902

Addams holds that charitable work enables a better understanding of the poor, at a meeting of the Illinois Board of Charities and the Men's Club of the Fourth Presbyterian Church.

Charity Child Labor Lectures

Speech to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs, November 15, 1902

Addams proposes changes to the child labor and compulsory education laws for endorsement to the League of Cook County Women's Clubs.

Child Labor Education Lectures

Speech to the Chicago Business Woman's Club, November 19, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses woman's capacity for bad behavior and that women's philanthropy should be more active in areas like child labor.

Child Labor Lectures Philanthropy Woman Suffrage

Social Results of the New Education, December 18, 1902 (excerpts)

Addams discusses the problems of child labor in relation to compulsory education.

Child Labor Education Lectures Onsite

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 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

Samuel Gompers to Jane Addams, February 26, 1903

Gompers requests and article about child labor for the American Federationist, in order to gain public attention and sympathy.

Labor Politics Requests

Jane Addams to Sarah Alice Addams Haldeman, February 27, 1903

Addams discusses her speaking obligations for the Child Labor Bill which have interrupted her plans with Haldeman.

Family Lectures Travels

Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903

Addams describes the plight of child labor and education in Chicago, especially in the case of immigrants.

Child Labor Children Education Immigrants Industry Labor

Child Labor and Pauperism, May 9, 1903 (draft)

Addams' draft speech, on child labor and education, given at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, in Atlanta.

Child Labor Children Consumerism Education Industry Labor Poverty

Address to the National Conference of Charities and Correction, May 9, 1903 (excerpt)

An excerpt of the talk given by Addams at the National Conference of Charities and Correction of 1903 on the effects of child labor.

Charity Child Labor Lectures Poverty

Summary of Discussion on Child Labor at the National Conference of Charities and Correction, May 11, 1903

Addams comments about child labor, pointing out the difference between the educational opportunities child workers had a generation ago versus those working in factories in 1903.

Business Industry Labor

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

Lecture to the University of Chicago, August 1, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams' speaks to the Consumer's League about the dangers of sweat shops and child labor.

Business Consumerism Labor Lectures Social Welfare

Albert C. McFarland to Jane Addams, September 24, 1903

McFarland provides an estimate for printing "Newsboy Conditions in Chicago."

Finances Writings

Child Labor and Pauperism, October 3, 1903

Addams describes child labor and education in Chicago, especially among immigrants. This is a slightly modified version of "Child Labor and Pauperism," which had earlier appeared in the proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction. It is also the full version of the "Child and Pauperism" fragment.

Consumerism Education Immigrants Industry Labor