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“Honor the Nurses” – 1918 Influenza Pandemic in the Coal Region

Posted on March 23, 2020March 27, 2020 by Jake Wynn

An editorial from 1918 celebrated the efforts of nurses in the influenza pandemic. The words still ring true in our own pandemic.

Posted in Coal Region, Wilkes-BarreTagged 1918, 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, COVID-19, Luzerne County, Medical History, Medicine, Newspaper, Nurses, October 1918, Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre2 Comments

Women faced great risks, but volunteered to save lives in Harrisburg during the 1918 flu epidemic

Posted on March 6, 2018March 6, 2018 by Jake Wynn

During the height of the 1918 influenza epidemic, the women of Central Pennsylvania jumped into action.

Posted in Harrisburg, World War ITagged 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Central Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, Harrisburg, Influenza, Nurses, October 1918, Spanish Flu, Volunteers, Women, World War I1 Comment

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