[Peace-discuss] Jane Addams: Most Dangerous Woman in America

[Dianna Visek]

This is an interesting article about Jane Addams' peace work and the WWI targeting of peace activists.  To the left of Woodrow Wilson's photo is this quote:
"As the war escalated and America moved closer to joining, the federal government passed laws that restricted dissenters. The Sedition Act and Espionage Act, enacted between 1916 and 1917, prohibited: disloyalty, interfering with enlistment, criticizing the war and America’s preparation for it, and inciting discontent. (While the Threats Against the President Act passed in 1918 was intended to protect Wilson, it was often used to silence war dissenters.)
http://nprillinois.org/post/illinois-issues-local-icon-shifts-lauded-reformer-most-dangerous-woman-america#stream/0
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