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Marie Scheibl Vian to Jane Addams, July 30, 1921

Vian asks Addams to help her raise funds for the needy in Salzburg during the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Summer School.

Austria Food Shortages Onsite Peace Relief Efforts Requests

Abel Davis and Harry Pratt Judson to Jane Addams, June 16, 1921

Davis and Judson send Addams an appeal for assistance in feeding the Caucasus.

Caucasus Food Shortages International Affairs Relief Efforts

French Feed Poor, March 19, 1921

A report of a soup kitchen opened in Dusseldorf, Germany by the French Army to meet the needs of the German people.

Food Shortages France Germany International Affairs Labor

Report on Leipzig Schools, ca. March 1921

Hobhouse reports on the health of children in Leipzig schools.

Austria Children Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, February 21, 1921

Balch tells Addams how they are seeking to mitigate complaints in Austria about holding the Congress in a place where people are starving.

Conferences Food Shortages Peace

Feed the World and Have a League of Nations, February 19, 1921 (excerpts) Also known as Speech to the Rochester City Club, February 19, 1921 (excerpts)

Addams argued that America needs to offer humanitarian help to Europe.

Europe Food Shortages Foreign Policy Health Peace Relief Efforts

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

Emily Hobhouse to Alice Hamilton, January 5, 1921

Hobhouse tells Hamilton of her poor health and of the relief efforts in Europe.

Child Welfare Food Shortages Health International Affairs Relief Efforts Travels

Harry Graf Kessler to Jane Addams, December 14, 1920

Kessler sends Addams his "True League of Nations" and a pamphlet on famine in Berlin (not found).

Food Shortages League of Nations Peace Relief Efforts Requests

Feed the World and Save the League, November 24, 1920

Addams argues that international organizations should include humanitarian goals as well as political ones in order to win public support. This was also given as a speech to the Labor Forum in Detroit on Nov. 28, 1920.

Food Shortages Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Peace Relief Efforts

Isabel Barnett to Jane Addams, September 8, 1920

Barnett informs Addams about a change of plans regarding American aid to Germany.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Rosa Schusz to Jane Addams, July 30, 1920

Schusz thanks Addams for the food relief she sent through the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.

Austria Food Shortages Relief Efforts

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, July 6, 1920

Merriman thanks Addams for the Fight the Famine pamphlets.

Charity England Food Shortages Relief Efforts

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

The League of Nations and Our Moral Obligation to Feed the Starving, July 5, 1920

Addams argues that to reach a popular audience, the League of Nations should make a dramatic and practical step to undertake feeding the world's hungry. The speech was given to the National Council of the Congregational Churches of the United States.

Austria Food Shortages France Internationalism League of Nations Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Religion War World War I

John Szlupas to Jane Addams, July 1, 1920

John Szlupas writes Jane Addams in regards to his movement to improve education in Eastern Europe.

Education Food Shortages Help!Lithuania Poland Relief Efforts Requests Russia Settlements

Emily Maud Leaf to Jane Addams, June 14, 1920

Leaf sends Addams literature (not found) on the work of the Fight the Famine Council.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests

William Nafew Haskell to Near East Relief Association, May 25, 1920

Haskell informs Near East Relief on the current state of the Armenian relief effort.

Armenia Food Shortages Military Relief Efforts

Olga Popper Misař to Jane Addams, May 25, 1920

Misař thanks Addams for relief packages and details who they were given to.

Food Shortages Peace Relief Efforts

Appeal from the Russian Patriarch, May 1920

The Russian Patriarch, Tikhon, pleads with the American people to help feed their children.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work

The Spirit of Social Service, April 18, 1920

Addams relates the purpose of social work with efforts to feed starving children in Europe. This speech was given at the National Conference of Social Work, in New Orleans.

Ethics Food Shortages Lectures Morality Relief Efforts Social Work