Addams visits war-torn Germany
Description
Addams, Alice Hamilton, and a group of Quakers from the United States and England visit Germany and survey the efforts of the Society of Friends to relieve hunger. In Leipzig, they observed hungry and malnourished school children and speak with medical professionals who reported outbreaks of various diseases, including typhus and tuberculosis. Addams is criticized by an English Quaker for having shared a meal with American soldiers while in Berlin. "If I found a wounded soldier in uniform at my door, I would not take him in," said the English woman. "Oh, I think you would," Addams replied. "You would take him in, and feed him, and take off his uniform. Isn't that what we are working for - to feed the world at our doorstep, and take off his uniform?" (Quoted in Linn, 346.)
Date
1919-06-01
Source
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