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Biography: nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1931/addams-b...

Former President Theodore Roosevelt was being treated in the hospital in Chicago after being shot in Milwaukee by John Schrank (of New York City) in a botched assassination attempt, October 1912. (Roosevelt, who had been in Milwaukee to deliver a campaign sppech, was a candidate for the Presidency that year, on the Progressive Party ticket.) Jane Addams of Chicago, a friend of TR's and an organizer of the Progressive Party, visited the convalescing ex-President in the hospital. Other visitors: Mrs. McCormick, Mrs. Longworth: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2422668923/in/s... Here is the hospital building: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2422669169/in/s...

Thanks Wystan, that's good information.

Thanks Wystan, it is good information about the purpose of her visit to the hospital. We'll update the title for this photo the next time we update this record.

Jane Addams (September 6, 1860 – May 21, 1935) was the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. In a long, complex career, she was a pioneer settlement worker and founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher (the first American woman in that role), sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace. She was the most prominent woman of the Progressive Era and helped turn the nation to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health and world peace. She emphasized that women have a special responsibility to clean up their communities and make them better places to live, arguing they needed the vote to be effective. Addams became a role model for middle-class women who volunteered to uplift their communities. She is increasingly being recognized as a member of the American pragmatist school of philosophy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams

This is very interesting. Theodore Roosevelt was shot by an assassin on 14 October 1910 in Milwaukee for which he was treated in Chicago's Mercy Hospital. A famous incident obviously. Perhpas this is indicating the rooms in which he stayed at the hospital. There are other pics in this flickr set about this, notably this x-ray showing the bullet: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405647494/ Schrank's revolver: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405648696/ Schrank: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2404818939/ Part of Schrank's hand written confession: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2404819255/ Elbert Martin with the bullet pierced speech: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405648996/ A jolly Schrank under arrest: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405648996/ The upshot is that I'm having trouble understanding why the date Dec. 17, 1910 is appearing in this caption. The adjacent photograph in the set of Mrs. McCormick and Mrs. Longworth walking out the door of the Mercy Hospital appear to corroborate my contention: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2422668923/ Added: This UPI story gives a good round up too: 100years.upi.com/sta_1912-10-15.html

Lifeasdaddy: We appreciate your help in correcting the date and adding the sources. It'll take a few weeks, but we've started updating ALL the records you listed in the source catalog. You've made a lot of photo descriptions more useful by linking them to the attempted assassination on TR!!

It's my pleasure.

Jane Addams visited Roosevelt at Mercy Hospital: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405649452/in/p...

Mrs. Longworth (Roosevelt's daughter) and Mrs. McCormick visited Teddy Roosevelt in Chicago's Mercy Hospital on 15 October 1912 after he was shot according to this New York Time article:

query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=990DE2DD133CE633A...

NOT Jan 17, 1910.

Careful comparison with enlarged version of the adjacent photo in the set, a wider shot the the Mercy Hospital entrance, suggest the two ladies are walking out of the same door here:


www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2422669169/

See related:

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2422669169/

lifeasdaddy: Thanks for straightening out the tangle. We'll correct the date and add a subject note.

See Mr. Medill McCormick here:

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2850362353/

Mrs. Joseph Medill McCormick, a.k.a. Ruth Hanna (1880 - 1944), Elected as a Republican to the 71st. U. S. Congress
(4 Mar 1929 - 3 Mar 1931) from Illinois.
Also, in 1930 she received the Republican nomination for United States Senate from Illinois, but lost.

Jane Addams was another hospital visitor:
www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2405649452/in/p...