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Verhaegen, Juliette (1872-1955)

Belgium Child Welfare Legislation

Tompkins, Arthur Sidney (1865-1938)

Courts Law Legislation Politics

Elliott, Milton C. (1879-1928)

Law Legislation

Doumergue, Gaston (1863-1937)

France Legislation Politics

Some Facts Concerning Military Training at State Universities, 1925

Stockwell details the emergence of military training at state universities.

Education Legislation Military Peace Publications

John Bertram Andrews to Jane Addams, November 13, 1925

Andrews tells Addams that the criticism she sent about the article on the American Association for Labor Legislation was uninformed.

Labor Legislation

Kittleman, James M. (1857-1938)

Illinois Legislation United States

Women's Peace Union Brochure, ca. July 1925

The Peace Union's brochure includes a draft amendment to make war illegal and a declaration of independence from war.

Legislation Peace War

National Committee on American Japanese Relations Minutes, February 2, 1924

The Committee discusses budgets, emendations to its policies and fundraising.

Immigration Japan Legislation Peace United States

Jane Addams to Mariette Powers Benton, December 6, 1924

Addams tells Benton that she hopes that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will formally support the proposed Child labor Amendment.

Child Labor Legislation Peace

Jane Addams to Mariette Power Benton, December 8, 1924

Addams tells Benton that she hopes that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom will support the Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Legislation Peace

Child Labor Law, October 28, 1924

Everett attacks the Child Labor Amendment as un-American, dangerous, and radical and associates the movement with Bolsheviks.

Anti-radicalism Child Labor Communism Criticism Government Legislation

The Case for the Constitutional Amendment, ca. October 1924

The Children's Bureau argues for the passage of an amendment to the constitution to protect children.

Child Labor Government Legislation United States

Statement Regarding History of the Language of the Child Labor Amendment, ca. October 1924

The Bureau details the history of the development of the Child Labor Amendment.

Child Labor Legislation United States

Ellen Nathalie Matthews to Jane Addams, October 17, 1924

Matthews sends Addams copies of Children's Bureau literature on child labor to use for her article.

Child Labor Government Legislation

Florence Kelley to Jane Addams, October 16, 1924

Kelley asks Addams to write an article on child labor for McCall's Magazine.

Child Labor Legislation Requests Writings

Mary Hall Ingham to Jane Addams, February 29, 1924

Ingham updates Addams on the planning for the International Congress of Women.

Conferences Finances Legislation Peace

The World Court, January 14, 1926

Addams offers a history of movements for world courts and peace. The speech was given at the Palmer House in Chicago to the Women's Roosevelt Republican Club.

Courts International Affairs Lectures Legislation Onsite Religion World War I

Comments on the Illinois Eight Hour Bill, May 15, 1925

Addams discusses the impact of the proposed Illinois’ “Eight Hour Bill” on both men and women workers. She spoke at a meeting of the Joint Committee for the Women's Eight Hour Bill held at the Morrison Hotel.

Child Labor Lectures Legislation

Jane Addams to William Herbert Hobbs, December 26, 1923

Addams sends Hobbs to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's United States Section's views on the National Defense Act of 1920, but notes that she personally is not in favor of peace pledges.

Legislation Peace Politics