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Alice Hamilton to Agnes Nestor, July 12, 1904

Hamilton asks for Nestor's help collecting tuberculosis data.

Health Public Health Requests

Chrystal Macmillan to Jane Addams, November 8, 1920

Macmillan writes Addams regarding the League of Nations and compulsory testing and treatment for venereal disease.

England Health League of Nations Prostitution Sex Hygiene United States

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, March 20, 1922

Balch tells Addams about efforts to appoint a woman member of the League of Nations health commission.

League of Nations Peace Public Health Women

Hartwig Henry Herbst to Jane Addams, January 20, 1912

Herbst praises Addams' series of articles in McClure's Magazine and shares some of his own opinions on the subject of sex.

Education Gender Roles Health

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Relief Efforts World War I

How to Feed the World, February 13, 1919

Addams' address to the American Women's Victory Dinner uses the end of the war to urge for greater international collaboration to ensure food supplies. The speech was given at the Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, DC.

Charity Ethics Food Shortages Internationalism Lectures Onsite Public Health Relief Efforts World War I

Industrial Accidents to Working Minors, ca. February 1925

The Bureau reports on industrial accidents in New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin.

Child Labor Child Welfare Government Industry Public Health

Irene Osgood to Jane Addams, December 1, 1908

Osgood asks Addams to write an article about public health for Charities and the Commons.

Public Health Requests

Irving Fisher to American Association for the Advancement of Science, April 22, 1908

Fisher writes about the upcoming conference of State and Territorial Boards of Public Health to discuss pending Senate and House bills affecting public health.

Conferences Legislation Politics Public Health

Irving Fisher to Committee of One Hundred, May 8, 1907

Fisher sends Addams and other members of the Committee of One Hundred two letters from President Theodore Roosevelt, regarding the creation of a department of health.

Health Politics

Jane Addams and Louise de Koven Bowen to Edgar Addison Bancroft, June 13, 1916

Addams and Bowen suggest a plan for a memorial foundation for Henry B. Favill that would help prevent social diseases.

Philanthropy Public Health

Jane Addams to Anita McCormick Blaine, May 23, 1903

Addams invites Blaine to a private meeting of nurses, settlement folk and members of the Board of Charities to discuss the Board of Health's clinical service trial.

Civil Service