Chicago Charity Organization Society Also known as: Committee on Charity Organization

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Founding Date

1892

Ending Date

ca. 1920

Description

The original "Chicago Charity Organizational Society" (CCOS) was formed in 1883, merging with the older and more powerful Chicago Relief and Aid Society in November of 1888. In 1889, Jane Addams and others who had supported the CCOS created the Committee on Charity Organization

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Sciancalepore, Victoria

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"Jane Addams and Charity Organization in Chicago", Erik Schneiderhan; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society; Vol. 100, No. 4; p. 299-327

Charity Organization Societies, Encyclopedia of Chicago

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“Chicago Charity Organization Society,” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed September 9, 2024, http://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/306.

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Chicago Charity Organization Society Also known as: Committee on Charity Organization

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Alice North Lincoln to Jane Addams, June 29, 1902

Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, October 6, 1902

Chicago Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Houses, "Newsboy Conditions in Chicago," 1903

The Friendship of Settlement Work, March 28, 1903

Neighborhood Improvement, June 22, 1904

The Steps by Which I Became a Progressive, September-October 1912

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, 1913 (excerpts)

The Struggle of Life Above the Poverty Line, September 26, 1913

Remarks on the Funds for Parents Act, ca. September 26, 1913

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

Widows and Courts: Administering the Funds to Parents Act, March 18, 1914

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