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Addams participated in a tribute dinner to Mary Augusta Ward, held by the Playground Association of America. The event was held on March 31, 1908, at New York's Waldorf Astoria Hotel, where Addams discussed the need for play, art, and creativity, and warns that without such outlets men will fall to drink and immoral behavior. She highlighted the lack of healthy entertainments, especially for young women. The speech was published in April in The Playground, a monthly journal of the Playground Association of America.
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Hill tells Addams about her relationship with her husband, their divorce, and her suicidal feelings.
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Burt praises Addams' speech "The Church and the Social Evil" and congratulates her on her good work with women.
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Bok provides Addams with feedback on her Ladies' Home Journal article entitled "Why Girls Go Wrong."
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Bok's questions for a series of interviews with Jane Addams and other prominent women are intended to find an explanation for women's "unrest" and the factors that have led to their discontent.
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A selection from Addams' book Democracy and Social Ethics, "Filial Relations" addresses ideas of women being able to live full lives and have thoughts outside of family life.
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Herbst praises Addams' series of articles in McClure's Magazine and shares some of his own opinions on the subject of sex.
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Armstrong writes to Addams about the differences between gender segregated and non-segregated classes and how women and men teach these classes differently.
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Addams details her plans to issue invitations to specific women's organizations rather than a general call for the upcoming peace meeting in Washington.
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Armstrong presents his findings on segregated and non-segregated classrooms, and what that means for the inner workings of a gendered human.
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Cowperthwait writes Addams about her book A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil and explains his experiments and ideas on sex.
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Addams responds to Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews provocative statement that unmarried individuals "have no place in society nor in the scheme of the universe." This is part of a longer article that quotes many people.
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Addams discusses the fear that if the Housemaid's union strikes, men will take their place permanently.
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Addams argues against Bicknell's claims that one of the top reasons that men desert their wives is due to poor cooking skills.
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Addams argues that young boys need an outlet for their pent-up energy and adventurousness, and that without an outlet, like a playground, they are susceptible to petty crime.
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Addams explains how communities needs to provide more for the youths that live there, and how there really is not a girl problem, but a problem with how all youths are handled.
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Addams discusses the history of suffrage and argues that women in modern, urban societies need the vote.
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Addams discusses the condition of domestic servants with regard to introducing new industries in the home, the move for shorter hours, and collective housekeeping.
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Addams argues that strict gender roles for mothers and fathers are not useful.
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Addams gives arguments for woman's suffrage, stressing that working class need it to be able to control some aspects of their lives.
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In the final installment of "Why Women Should Vote," Addams highlights why women need the ballot and argues that woman suffrage is centuries overdue and necessary for women to protect themselves.
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Addams warns independent women against men who will try to take advantage of them in matters of money. This is a reprint of an article first published in 1907.