Schwartz, Charles Phineas (1886-1975)

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Charles P. Schwartz to Julius Rosenwald, April 12, 1912

Charles P. Schwartz to A. R. Hodges, May 5, 1915

Jane Addams to William Orr, September 1, 1915

Charles Phineas Schwartz to Jane Addams, June 11, 1917

Jane Addams to Charles P. Schwartz, August 11, 1915

Mary Rozet Smith to Charles P. Schwartz, August 26, 1915

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, August 10, 1916

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, October 25, 1916

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, December 20, 1917

Jane Addams to Charles Phineas Schwartz, December 5, 1920

Jane Addams to Annie Pellow Richards, May 26, 1922

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Birth Date

1886

Death Date

1975-04-17

Birthplace

Vilna, Poland

Biographical Text

Charles Phineas Schwartz was a lawyer and civic leader who helped Jane Addams with legal affairs. Schwartz immigrated with his family to Michigan in 1893. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1909 and befriended Addams along with many other social workers in Chicago. By 1915 he was serving as Addams' lawyer and as Hull-House's counsel. Schwartz was deeply involved with Hull-House, serving as vice-president and trustee, both during and after Addams' lifetime. Schwartz was an active member of the Chicago and American Bar Association and specialized in civil liberties and equality rights. He served on Illinois' Committee on Citizenship and Naturalization. Schwartz died in 1975.

Schwartz was married to Lavinia Duffy Schwartz in 1920; they had three children.

Occupation

Civil rights activist

Lawyer

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People

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Rightsholder being researched

Contributor

Hajo, Cathy Moran

Gender

Male

First appears

1912

Bibliography and Links

"Charles P. Schwartz," The Bar News, May 1975, p. 8.

1930 U.S. Federal Census

Finding aid, Charles Phineas Schwartz Papers, University of Illinois at Chicago

SNAC

Citation

“Schwartz, Charles Phineas (1886-1975),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed October 3, 2023, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/1357.