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The Modern Social Problem, March 24, 1924 (excerpts)

Addams claims that immigrants are less likely to come to the United States due to discrimination in a talk to the Brooklyn Jewish Center.

Immigrants Lectures Public Health

How Would You Uplift the Masses?, February 4, 1892

Addams describes the efforts of Hull-House in a speech to the Sunset Club in Chicago.

Democracy Education England Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement Settlements

Hull-House: An Experiment in Social Service, March 12, 1923 (excerpts)

Addams discusses Hull-House and answers questions from an audience in Madras.

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Lecture on Social Unrest, September 12, 1922 (summary)

Addams discusses immigration and the problems faced by foreigners.

Immigrants Lectures Public Opinion

Some International Phases of Settlement Work, February 10, 1922 (excerpts)

Addams discusses American views on immigration before a speech in Minneapolis.

Immigrants Lectures Settlement Movement

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 NHPRC 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 NHPRC 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

English and American Social Settlements, August 8, 1908 (summary)

Addams explores the workings of Hull House at a talk before the Colorado Springs Woman's Club.

Hull-House Immigrants Settlement Movement

Maria Matilda Widegren to Jane Addams, January 15, 1924

Widegren suggests to Addams that International branches of the WILPF could work with immigrant communities in the United States to drum up support for peace.

Conferences Finances Immigrants Peace Sweden

Address on Settlements, June 24, 1909 (Summary)

A summary of Addams' address about Hull-House and its relationship with the neighbors it supports.

Hull-House Immigrants Lectures Settlements

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

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

Address to the Friends' General Conference on Americanization, July 8, 1920 (summary)

Addams contrasts the way immigrants are treated in the United States in the 1890s and 1920s.

Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts

Speech to the American Friends Service Committee Reunion, June 24, 1920

Addams discusses changes in American civil liberties after World War I.

Free Speech Immigrants Lectures Nationalism Patriotism

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

Addams argues for women to be able to hold citizenship on their own merits, rather than on the status of their husbands. This speech was given at the General Federation of Women's Clubs, in Des Moines.

Immigrants Lectures Relief Efforts Woman Suffrage