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What Did the World Gain by the World War, August 1, 1924

Addams provides her opinion on what World War I caused.

Articles Peace World War I

Statement on Women of Europe, February 12, 1922 (excerpt)

Addams gives the example of a Belgian woman who aided Germans after the war as a model for new beginnings.

Foreign Policy Lectures Women World War I

Jane Addams to Benjamin Barr Lindsey, January 4, 1925

Addams tells Lindsey she has sent his letter to about Grace Abbott and mentions talking about the courts when in Germany.

Germany Juvenile Delinquency

Statement on Moral Conditions in Europe, September 30, 1921

Addams argues that Europe's moral slump is due to wartime problems.

Europe Food Shortages Morality World War I

Why Massacres Through Inaction?, March 21, 1924

Lee recounts the political and humanitarian situation in the Near East in the aftermath of World War I.

Armenia Diplomacy Government Greece Religion Turkey United States

The Reparation Problem, March 13, 1921

Dulles explores the implications of the World War I reparations on the world's economy. The speech was initially delivered at the League of Free Nations Association on March 12, 1931 in New York and then published in the New Republic.

Economics Europe Industry Peace World War I

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, March 15, 1920

Villard writes to Addams regarding Siberian prisoners of war and German food conditions.

Peace Prisoners of War Soviet Union

The Black Scourge in Europe, April 10, 1920

Morel claims that France is stationing black soldiers in Germany to rape and terrorize German women.

Africa Europe France Germany Morality Racism World War I

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, December 20, 1922

Addams sends Blaine news and documents from the Hague Conference and thanks her for her gift.

Conferences Economics Europe Holidays Peace World War I

Speech on European Relief, March 21, 1920

Addams makes the case for European relief to save starving children.

Child Welfare Democracy Europe Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts

A New Peace Conference Resolutions, December 9, 1922

The Conference proposes a series of resolutions calling for revision of the peace terms of World War I.

International Affairs League of Nations Peace Poverty World War I

The World's Food Supply and the World's Politics, November 9, 1919 (excerpt)

Addams discusses the food situation in Europe as a grim specter over any attempts at peace. This speech was delivered as part of the Social Welfare Conference at the Elm Street Church in Chillicothe, MO.

Food Shortages Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

Photography of Graves, ca. 1919

A description of the policy for getting photographs of World War I soldiers' graves.

Death Military World War I

Information for Friends of Our Dead, ca. 1919

Pierce provides information for those who lost family and friends in World War I.

Death Military World War I

Charles C. Pierce to Jane Addams, February 20, 1919

Pierce sends Addams information regarding locating and photographing the graves of American soldiers in France.

Death Military World War I

Jane Addams to Esther Margaret Linn Hulbert, May 2, 1919

Addams describes the trip she took to locate Hulbert's brother's grave in France.

Family France Help!Travels World War I

Jane Addams to Eri Baker Hulbert, May 1, 1919

Addams sends Hulbert a postcard showing the devastation of France after World War I.

Travels World War I

Women's Part in This New World, May 16, 1919

Addams discusses the role of American women as economic factors in the post-World War I global economy.

Food Conservation Food Shortages Labor Relief Efforts World War I

Experiences Abroad, 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

Amy Woods to Jane Addams, October 18, 1922

Amy Woods writes to Jane Addams asking her advice on how the W.I.L.P.F. should gain finances for the December 7th Hague Conference of 1922

Conferences Finances Peace

Call to Women's International Congress for Peace, ca. 1922

The WILPF issues a call for a meeting to discuss revising World War I treaties to ensure a lasting peace.

Conferences League of Nations Peace World War I

A New Peace, First Provision Draft of Resolutions for the Hague Women’s Conference, September 29, 1922.

Swanwick drafts the resolutions to be presented to the Hague Women's Conference in December, seeking to revise treaties to insure international peace and cooperation.

Conferences Disarmament Economics League of Nations Meetings Military Peace World War I

Society of German Deep-Sea Fisheries to Fraulein Köpke, July 21, 1919 (extract)

The Society reports on the impact of the war on deep-sea fishing in Geestemunde.

Germany World War I

We find die wahren Opfer!, September 1922

An editorial complaining that German women are bearing the brunt of the Versailles treaty, and questioning the belief that Germany was responsible for the outbreak of the war.

Economy France Germany International Affairs Politics World War I