Fighting for Equality In 1911 through 1914 Jane Addams was vice president of the National American Women's Suffrage Association. Addams was a peace activist. She was for juvenile courts, safe conditions in factories, less hours for women, school to be mandatory, and labor unions to be known. In 1920, the 19th amendment allowing women to vote caused Jane Addams to join the League of Women Voters. This organization informed women about the candidates. Addams was against the war so for her effort she became president of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom from 1919 to 1929. She was a chair member for the Women's Peace Party. "She was a leader in the Consumers’ League, the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, the Campfire Girls, the National Playground Association, the National Child Labor Committee, the National Women’s Suffrage Association, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, among many others." (feministsforlife.org). Jane Addams took a stand for many people. Her participation in these organizations proves it.
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