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Jane Addams to Emil E. Holmes, May 5, 1925

Addams tells Holmes that it is difficult to get any press for a peace meeting in Chicago.

Helen Willard Carrett Travis to Jane Addams, May 2, 1924

Travis asks Addams for WILPF papers from the International Congress of Women that she has been unable to learn about in the papers.

Criticism Journalism Peace

The Aftermath of the War, January 5, 1922.

Addams discusses the crack down on radicals who opposed World War I.

Anti-radicalism Civil Rights Crime Enforcement Government Labor Peace Socialism

Jane Addams to Florence Gottschalk Taussig, ca. November 1918

Addams discusses the impact of the armistice with Taussig and is willing to go to Washington to respond quickly to events.

Peace World War I

Jane Addams to Clara Landsberg, June 26, 1919

Addams sends Landsberg some materials about French conscientious objectors so that she doesn't have to carry them.

Requests

Jane Addams to Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs, April 18, 1916

Addams tells Jacobs that she is still too ill to travel and discusses options for holding a meeting of the International Congress of Women for a Permanent Peace.

Health Internationalism Peace

Dora Lewis to Jane Addams, October 26, 1917

Lewis asks Addams for help with an investigation into prison conditions at the Occoquan workhouse.

Peace Prisons Requests

Ernest Flagg Henderson to Jane Addams, June 13, 1917

Henderson sends Addams an anti-war article (not found) which he is having trouble having published.

Censorship Peace World War I

They Should Disavow It, June 12, 1917

A St. Paul Pioneer Press editorial condemns Addams for Patriotism and Pacifism and calls on suffragists to stand against her.

Criticism Lectures Peace Woman Suffrage World War I

John Dennis Moore to Jane Addams, June 11, 1917

Moore hopes Addams won't be discouraged by press reaction to her speech.

Censorship Criticism Lectures Peace

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, June 21, 1917

Kellogg describes the events at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, particularly with regard to peace.

Conferences Criticism Free Speech Peace World War I

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, May 5, 1917

Kellogg asks Addams for advice about the role of The Survey in covering the peace movement.

Free Speech Peace Publishing Requests

Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, April 16, 1917

Addams and others ask Wilson to ensure that free speech and democratic values are not lost during the war.

Censorship Free Speech Government Peace World War I

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs and Rosa Manus to Jane Addams, October 13 1916

Jacobs and Manus ask Addams for updates on decisions being made about the headquarters of the International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace, and ask for updates of activities in the United States.

Peace

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs and Rosa Manus to Emily Greene Balch, June 9, 1916

Manus and Jacobs strongly advise against Balch's proposal to hold a meeting of the International Women's Committee for Permanent Peace.

Internationalism Peace

Fannie Fern Phillips Andrews to Jane Addams, January 25, 1916

Andrews wants to wait before deciding to go to Europe as she has heard that the French and British seek to block peace meetings.

Peace

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs and Rosa Manus to Jane Addams, March 20, 1916

Jacobs and Manus discuss options for the peace movement in light of Addams' poor health and travel difficulties for European delegates.

Internationalism Peace

Chrystal Macmillan to Jane Addams, May 11, 1916

Macmillan reports on the difficulties of peace organizing due to the war.

Internationalism Peace World War I

Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs to Jane Addams, December 23, 1915

Jacobs tells Addams that they plan to wait until she is recovered in health before they hold the next International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace and asks her about her views on the Ford Peace Ship expedition.

Health Peace