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Sailendra Nath Ghose to Jane Addams, October 2, 1925

Ghose asks Addams for help for his daughter's health, telling of his political exile from India.

Iris Leota Wood to Jane Addams, January 21, 1926

Wood sends Addams information about the Immigrants' Protective League and asks for her availability for a board meeting.

Immigrants Meetings Requests

We Called Him Brother, November 1, 1924

Armes describes Russian refugee Jan Pouren's efforts to enter and remain in the United States.

Crime Enforcement Immigrants Immigration Prisons Russia Writings

Jane Addams to William Edgar Borah, August 16, 1927

Addams asks Borah to intercede to prevent the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

Anti-radicalism Crime Enforcement Immigrants International Affairs Law Requests

Jane Addams to William Edgar Borah, August 16, 1927

Addams condemns the future execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, claiming it will harm relations between the US and its immigrant inhabitants.

Immigrants International Affairs Law Onsite Requests

Chautauqua Speech, August 30, 1905 (summary)

Addams discusses the plight of child labor and immigration in a speech to the Chautauqua.

Child Labor Immigrants Lectures

Speech to Hull House Women's Club on Immigration, November 23, 1905 (excerpt)

Addams argues that immigrants needs to be dispersed throughout the country to be successful.

Agriculture Immigrants Lectures

Maria Matilda Widegren to Jane Addams, January 15, 1924

Widegren suggests to Addams that Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's International Branches could work with immigrant communities in the United States to drum up support for peace.

Conferences Finances Immigrants Peace Sweden

Memorandum on the Study of the Races, August 18, 1922

Thomas outlines a possible book on race and immigration, focusing on how immigrants assimilate and how their customs shape their lives.

Eugenics Immigrants Race Settlements

William Isaac Thomas to Jane Addams, August 18, 1922

Thomas tells Addams about his planned book on race and immigration.

Immigrants Race Settlements

William Isaac Thomas to Jane Addams, August 1, 1922

Thomas tells Addams his ideas about writing a book on race and immigration.

Books Immigrants Race

Feeding Europe and Saving America, February 18, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams spoke to the Reading Chamber of Commerce on the role that the United States could play in reducing the humanitarian crisis in Europe.

Europe Food Shortages Foreign Policy Hull-House Immigrants Peace Recreation Relief Efforts Settlement Movement

Emily Greene Balch to Josephine Böhm, October 4, 1923 (draft)

Balch advises Böhm about the feasibility of moving to the United States.

Austria Employment Immigration United States

The Necessity for Leadership in the Americanization Movement, June 19, 1920 (summary)

Addams's discussion of the role of immigrants in America was summarized in the published proceedings of the Biennial of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, held in Des Moines.

Censorship Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts

The Necessity for Leadership in the Americanization Movement, June 19, 1920 (excerpt)

At the Biennial Federation of Women's Clubs, Addams discusses the problems of associating the right to vote with marital status of the husband, telling of experiences with immigrant women voting in Chicago.

Democracy Lectures Woman Suffrage