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Speech to the Hull-House Woman's Club on Old Chicago, September 17, 1902 (excerpts)
Addams tells stories of pioneers in Chicago that her father told her.
The Modern City and the Municipal Franchise for Women, 1906
Addams discusses the history of suffrage and argues that women in modern, urban societies need the vote.
Morris B. Strauss to Richard Reeser, November 16, 1911
Strauss outlines the genealogy of the Reeser, Bechtel, Addams, and Scharff families for Reeser. Addams received a copy of the letter.
Milwaukee Address on Suffrage , January 7, 1913 (excerpt)
Addams recounts a story depicted in a children's play at Hull-House, which she offers as an allegory about the importance of women in society.
Abraham Lincoln Lee to Jane Addams, February 12, 1913
Lee thanks Addams for her statement in the article Has "Has Emancipation Been Nullified," and praises Abraham Lincoln, and discusses slavery and the virtues of liberty.
Jane Addams to Gilbert A. Tracy, June 23, 1914
Addams tells Tracy that her family misplaced letters to her father from Abraham Lincoln letters.
Appeal from an Albanian Woman, 1919
An Albanian women writes an appeal to spread word of the condition in Albania and send relief.
Diana Agabeg Apcar to Jane Addams, April 5, 1920
Apcar tells Addams about the massacre underway in Armenia and asks her help in getting the word out.
What Is the Practical Ideal of Protection and Care of Children Born out of Wedlock?, February 9, 1920
Addams discusses the stigma placed on illegitimate children at a Children's Bureau conference that explored legal protections for illegitimate children. The speech was titled Women's Special Interests as Issues in the National Campaign at the conference and published with a different title.
William Edward Dodd to Jane Addams, January 29, 1922
Dodd suggests some ideas to Addams about a chapter of the manuscript for Peace and Bread in Time of War.
Jane Addams to Hazel Paris Cederborg, August 2, 1924
Addams tells Cederborg that her memories of Anna Sill's papers won't be of use in her study of Rockford College.
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