Chapter II: ‘Who Lives, Who Dies’

This episode examines the ways that Americans were differentially and inequitably impacted by the 1918 virus — how their experiences varied based on age, race, class, and region.

REFERENCES

•Arlene W. Keeling, “Alert to the Necessities of the Emergency”: U.S. Nursing During the 1918 Influenza Pandemic. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862339/. 

•Douglas Jordan et al, The Deadliest Flu: The Complete Story of the Discovery and Reconstruction of the 1918 Pandemic Virus. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/reconstruction-1918-virus.html.

•Mikaëla M. Adams, Social Distancing in the Age of Assimilation: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1920 in Indian Country. Retrieved from https://south.unc.edu/2020/04/16/covidinthesouth-social-distancing-in-the-age-of-assimilation/.

•Nancy Bristow, American Pandemic: The Lost Worlds of the 1918 Influenza Epidemic.

•Vanessa Northington Gamble, “There Wasn't a Lot of Comforts in Those Days:” African Americans, Public Health, and the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862340/.

SPEAKERS

•Nancy K. Bristow 

•Mikaëla M. Adams