Reflections & News About Working With the Past
Since the nation crossed a grim milestone of one million covid deaths on May 17, 2022, I have been examining how the toll from this pandemic compares to the influenza outbreak of 1918-19 in Harford County.((Carla K. Johnson, Associated Press, US Deaths from COVID hit 1 million, less than 2 1/2 years in)) COVID-19 According … Continue reading “COVID-19 Cases in Harford County Compared to Flu Pandemic of 1918-19”
I have been asked to discuss the connections between Jim Crow and the Pandemic of 1918 for a program sponsored by the Harford Community College Civil Rights Project on May 13, 2021, at 4 p.m. Here is more information on the program JIM CROW AND THE SPANISH FLU – DEADLY CONNECTIONS A Discussion about the … Continue reading “Jim Crow and the Spanish Flu”
As we mark the passage of a year since COVID-19 disrupted everyday life on Delmarva and the Nation, the Delaware State News, published an extensive piece about the connections between today and the pandemic of 1918. As journalist Noah Zucker examined the perspective in Delaware, I was interviewed a couple of times about how my … Continue reading “Echoes of the Past — 100 Years Apart, the Spanish Flu & COVID-19”
Since I started researching the pandemic of 1918 two years ago, I have spent many hours online mining data and at archives analyzing death certificates, undertaker registers, physician statements, and health department reports. Once I have sifted through death records for an area, I frequently pause to visit the cemeteries to remember those who perished … Continue reading “Nurse Ethel Tammany Died Fighting the Spanish Flu”