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The Modern Social Problem, March 24, 1924 (excerpts)
Addams claims that immigrants are less likely to come to the United States due to discrimination in a talk to the Brooklyn Jewish Center.
ImmigrantsLecturesPublic Health
Interview with James Evans Crown, September, 1910
In an interview with James Evan Crown, Addams discusses the impact that woman suffrage is having on society. Addams later denied having taken part in this interview, specifically her comments on the poor.
JournalismLaborSocial WorkWoman SuffrageWomen's Rights
Jane Addams to Edwin Erle Sparks, June 21, 1903
Addams writes to Sparks regarding her place on a local committee dedicated to foreigner's affairs
ImmigrantsLectures
Women and Public Housekeeping, March 1915
Addams, argues for woman suffrage claiming that municipal matters are directly related to their traditional responsibilities.
Civil ServiceFeminismPoliticsPublic HealthSocial WelfareSocial WorkWoman Suffrage
Democracy and Social Ethics, 1914
Addams argues that it is the responsibility of a democracy to care about the social needs of its citizens.
DemocracyEthicsJuvenile DelinquencyPovertyPublic HealthSocial ReformSocial WelfareWritings
Protect Our Immigrants is Jane Addams' Plea, September 28, 1912
Addams describes the Progressive Party's pledge to support new immigrants by creating protection for industrial laborers. This is a flyer version of an article put out by the Progressive Party.
GovernmentImmigrantsLaborPoliticsProgressive PartyPublic Health
Miss Addams, March 1913
Addams argues for a minimum wage for female workers. This is the third article of a monthly, year-long series on economic and social reform in America and women's role in affecting change.
IndustryLaborLegislationSocial Reform
Progressives' Offer to Women Workers, October 12, 1912
Addams discusses working conditions for women and advocates for a minimum wage for female workers.
IndustryLaborLegislationProgressive PartySocial Reform
Woman and the Ballot: The Progressive View, October 6, 1912
Addams provides the Progressive take on Woman and the Ballot for a symposium in the Chicago Record-Herald. She discusses the process by which the government and politicians have taken up philanthropic work and argues that the Progressive Party is taking on many of the reforms philanthropists have been working on for years.
PhilanthropyPoliticsProgressive PartySocial WelfareWoman Suffrage
Jane Addams Tells of Progressive Plans to Protect the Immigrants, September 29, 1912
Addams describes the Progressive Party's pledge to support new immigrants by creating protection for industrial laborers.
HealthImmigrantsIndustryLaborProgressive Party
Current Legislation for Working Women, September 20, 1912
Addams argues for the implementation of a minimum wage for female workers.
IndustryLaborLegislationSocial ReformWomen's Rights
Philanthropy and Politics, September 18, 1912
Addams discusses how philanthropic activities become political activities, citing instances from her own work in Chicago.
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Philanthropy and Politics, September 1912
Addams discusses the process by which the government and politicians have taken up philanthropic work and argues that the Progressive Party is taking on many of the reforms philanthropists have been working on for years.
The Progressive Party and the Protection of Immigrants, August-September 1912
Addams describes the Progressive Party's pledge to support new immigrants by creating protection for industrial laborers. This is one of a series of articles she prepared for the Central Press Association as part of the Progressive Party campaign in 1912.
ImmigrantsLaborPoliticsProgressive PartyPublic Health
The "Piece-Work" System as a Factor in the Tuberculosis of Wage-Workers, 1908
At the Sixth International Congress on Tuberculosis in Washington, D.C., Addams and Hamilton discuss "Economic Aspects of Tuberculosis" and why people living in poverty are more susceptible to the disease.
Child LaborIndustryLaborLecturesPublic Health
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.
CharityEducationRelief EffortsSweden
Address on Costs of Child Insurance. January 4, 1903
Addams discusses the pros and cons of child insurance.
Child WelfareChildrenLectures
Work and Play: Recognition Day Address By Miss Jane Addams, August 16, 1905
Addams spoke about the issues of education and immigration, arguing that Americans need to open their minds to the experiences of immigrants, and that play is an important component of education,
EducationImmigrantsSocial Welfare
Jane Addams to Raymond Robins, May 23, 1903
Addams asks Robins to write to the Boards of Health of major cities to find out how they regulate and enforce contagious diseases.
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