Tag: Spanish Flu

Another President Stricken during a Pandemic: Woodrow Wilson & the Spanish Flu

By Jane Cook on October 20, 2020

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook searches old newspapers to learn about another president stricken during a pandemic: Woodrow Wilson... (Read More)

Influenza Masks Circa 1918

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on April 21, 2020

In this article, timely for our current coronavirus pandemic, Gena Philibert-Ortega describes how our ancestors used masks during the 1918 flu pandemic... (Read More)

Health Tips from Our Ancestors: The 1918 Flu Pandemic

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on March 24, 2020

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to learn health and safety tips that our ancestors used to cope with the 1918 Flu Pandemic... (Read More)

The History of the Great 1918 Flu Pandemic: We All Wore Masks

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on July 24, 2013

Gena Philibert-Ortega writes about the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic, a three-year disaster that killed approximately 50 million people worldwide... (Read More)