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The Message of a Good Woman: Review of Democracy and Social Ethics, April 16, 1902

Newspaper clipping of a review ofDemocracy and Social Ethics.

The Business Woman's Opportunity for Philanthropy, November 19, 1901

Newspaper coverage of Addams' November 19 address to the Chicago Business Woman's Club linking child labor to laziness in adults.

Child Labor Hull-House Lectures Philanthropy

Statement on Tenement Housing in Chicago, May 1, 1901

Addams reports on the recommendations of the City Homes Association in regard to the building of tenement houses in Chicago.

Housing Hull-House Lectures Poverty

Social Regeneration, December 7, 1903 (summary)

The Chicago Daily Tribune, summarizes Addams' talk to the Chicago Bureau of Charities on the morality of charity.

Charity Lectures Poverty

Address at Memorial for Teachers Who Perished in the Iroquois Theatre Fire, January 16, 1904 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a memorial meeting for Iroquois Theater fire victims, organized by the Chicago Teacher's Federation, about the dangers of overlooking violations in fear of being seen as bad people.

Death Education Lectures

Address at Meeting for Catherine Breshkovsky, January 22, 1905 (excerpt)

Addams spoke at a meeting of Chicago Russians to hear Madame Katherine Breshkovsky speak on Russian freedom.

Lectures Peace Russia

Jane Addams et al. to Emmeline Pankhurst, October 19, 1913

Addams and other Chicago women send a message to Emmeline Pankhurst in solidarity with her, appalled at her detention at Ellis Island.

Government Immigration Woman Suffrage

Summary of Jane Addams et al. to Woodrow Wilson, October 19, 1913

Addams and forty-five other women petition Wilson to halt the deportation of Emmeline Pankhurst.

Civil Rights Government Woman Suffrage

Address to the Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Child Welfare Courts Crime Immigrants Lectures Poverty

Address to the Traction Commission of the Council, January 4, 1902

Addams speaks to the Traction Commission, representing the working people living in the 19th Ward and seeking a reduction of public transportation fares.

Labor Lectures Transportation

Address to Merchant's Club, March 8, 1902

With Maud Booth, Addams addresses the Merchant's Club, appealing for aid in helping criminals and rescuing boys who may become criminals.

Crime Crime Enforcement Poverty

Address to Hull House Woman's Club, April 16, 1902

Addams reports about Chicago's reputation on the East Coast as a dirty city.

Hull-House Lectures Sanitation

Address on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903

Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.

Child Welfare Children Lectures

Address to the Stewart Avenue Universalist Church, January 4, 1903 (excerpt)

Newspaper summary of Addams' speech on child labor and the need for new laws.

Child Labor Lectures Manufacturing

Address on Swedish Famine, February 19, 1903 (excerpt)

Addams calls for a charitable response to aid the famine sufferers in Sweden, discussing the different kinds of charitable work in education and relief.

Charity Education Relief Efforts Sweden