Papers, 1907-1942.

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Papers, 1907-1942.

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The collection contains correspondence, clippings, articles, reports, and photographs on such topics as birth control, female transients, venereal disease, hobos, anarchism and prisoners. It includes material about social settlements in Chicago, including Hull-House, and correspondence with Jessie Binford, Executive Director of the Juvenile Protective Association.

37 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7653257

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Hobo College (Chicago, Ill.)

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Goldman, Emma, 1869-1940

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Emma Goldman (1869-1940) was an anarchist, feminist, author, editor, and lecturer on politics, literature and the arts. She was born in Lithuania and died in Canada. Her lectures and publications attracted attention throughout the U.S. and Europe. She was associated with the anarchist journal Mother Earth from 1906 to 1917 and was imprisoned for publicly advocating birth control in 1916 and pacifism in 1917. In 1919 she was deported to Russia but had to leave because of her criticism of the Bols...

Binford, Jessie F. (Jessie Florence), 1876-1966

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Reitman, Ben L. (Ben Lewis), 1879-1942

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Hobo, physician and anarchist, Ben Reitman (1879-1942) was an advocate for the disadvantaged in Chicago and throughout the country. Reitman left school at age ten to become a hobo. He tramped around the U.S., panhandling and riding the rails until he returned to Chicago and took a job as a laboratory boy. In 1900, he was admitted to the College of Physicians and Surgeons. Reitman started a private practice on Chicago's South Side in 1904. He continued to champion the causes of hobos and the unem...