Letter Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 1909-09-15

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            <p>I am very grateful for all your letter writing and all the other things you are doing. I haven't heard again from <persName ref="/sites/default/files/1524486624/tei/Annotations.xml#pers_smoot">Mr. <unclear reason="illegible" cert="low" resp="#rt">Smoot</unclear></persName>, but I wrote in reply to his first letter that I thought it was hardly fair for </p>
            
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            <p>I hope that the Prison Congress</p>
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            <p> people <unclear reason="illegible" cert="high" resp="#rt">hasn't</unclear><unclear reason="illegible" cert="medium" resp="#rt">overwhelmed</unclear> you before I get back to do my share.</p>
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                <p>Has there been a letter for me asking me to deliver an address before the Philosophical Union in California next summer?</p>
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Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 15 September 1909: A TEI Edition Abbott/Addams Letter Digitization Project Emily Benes Caitlin Henry Seolha Lee Rosamond Thalken the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)
360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115
27 April 2018

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 Jane Addams Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 15 September 1909 September 15, 1909 Edith and Grace Abbott, Papers (MS 129). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. view page image(s) Sept 15" Baymeath, Bar Harbor, Maine. My dear Miss Abbott,

I am very grateful for all your letter writing and all the other things you are doing. I haven't heard again from Mr. Smoot , but I wrote in reply to his first letter that I thought it was hardly fair for

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Mr Anderson as a new man to take a court room if any of the older residents wanted it. If Mr Anderson takes a third room also when he and Mr. Smoot would still have two court rooms. Mr. Lucas has been a very good resident and I think deserves this room.

I hope that the Prison Congress

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people hasn't overwhelmed you before I get back to do my share.

Sincerely Yours Jane Addams

P.S.

Has there been a letter for me asking me to deliver an address before the Philosophical Union in California next summer?

Edith Abbott

Edith Abbott was born on September 26, 1876 in Grand Island, Nebraska, into a politically and socially active Nebraskan family. After receiving a degree at the University of Nebraska, Edith attended the University of Chicago on a fellowship to study political economy. In 1905, she obtained her doctoral degree and spent multiple years at the University College London studying social economics and welfare. She returned to the United States to continue a successful career of teaching and researching social welfare alongside Grace Abbott, Sophonisba Breckinridge, and other women at Jane Addams’ Hull House. Abbott’s work focused on social statistics as a methodology to look critically at women’s rights, child labor, immigration, and public welfare. She was promoted to Dean of the University of Chicago’s School of Social Service Administration in 1924, and held that position until retiring in 1942.

Mr. "Smoot"

Though his name and identity remains unclear, Mr. "Smoot" was likely a resident at Hull House.

Mr. Anderson

Though his actual identity remains unknown, Mr. Anderson was likely a resident at Hull House.

Lucius Carter Lucas

Lucius Carter Lucas, born in 1888, was a resident at Hull House for an undisclosed period of time around 1909.

Jane Addams

Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois in a wealthy family. She received the bachelor's degree from Rockford College for Women in 1882. She studied medicine at the Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia, but completed only one year due to her poor health. Inspired from her visit to Toynbee Hall, a settlement house in London, she co-founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr in 1889 to help immigrants in Chicago. Addams was actively engaged in woman suffrage and international peace movement serving as an officer in the National American Woman's Suffrage Association and leading organizations such as Women's Peace Party, the International Congress of Women and the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 71. Addams died of cancer in 1935.

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Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 15 September 1909: A TEI Edition Abbott/Addams Letter Digitization Project Emily Benes Caitlin Henry Seolha Lee Rosamond Thalken the TEI Archiving, Publishing, and Access Service (TAPAS)
360 Huntington Avenue Northeastern University Boston, MA 02115
27 April 2018

This file is free to download, share, or repurpose for educational and project development purposes.

 Jane Addams Jane Addams to Edith Abbott 15 September 1909 September 15, 1909 Edith and Grace Abbott, Papers (MS 129). Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries. Jane Addams Edith Abbott Sept 15" Baymeath, Bar Harbor, Maine. My dear Miss Abbott,

I am very grateful for all your letter writing and all the other things you are doing. I haven't heard again from Mr. Smoot , but I wrote in reply to his first letter that I thought it was hardly fair for

Mr Anderson as a new man to take a court room if any of the older residents wanted it. If Mr Anderson takes a third room also when he and Mr. Smoot would still have two court rooms. Mr. Lucas has been a very good resident and I think deserves this room.

I hope that the Prison Congress

people hasn't overwhelmed you before I get back to do my share.

Sincerely Yours Jane Addams

P.S.

Has there been a letter for me asking me to deliver an address before the Philosophical Union in California next summer?