Monday, March 4, 2024

Jane Addams and I were pacifists

Yes, Jane Addams and I were pacifists. We didn’t  think the killings, the battles, solved anything. But we went into the new factories where some were getting rich manufacturing boots and uniforms, and we did our best to improve conditions for the urgent workers there.

Randolph Street Market, west of Desplaines Street on the Near West Side of Chicago. [Source: LOC-American-Memory-Collections with ID 13V0740]

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