Carter describes her memories of the influenza pandemic in 1919. She used to want to be a nurse, perhaps because of the pandemic. Her uncle told her she shouldn't be a nurse because there's too much drudgery.
McGlone recalls that her older sister was born while her father was stationed in Kentucky. The sister died from influenza before her father could get home to see her.
"A Record of the War Activities in Orange County, North Carolina, 1917-1919," by Annie Sutton Cameron, is a manuscript history of local efforts during World War I in Orange County, North Carolina, and related correspondence and lists of soldiers and…
In this letter of 30 April 1920, John "Wilmer" Blue, responds to the news that his sister, Flora Blue, has died from influenza. Wilmer expresses regret for not coming home from his station in Siberia sooner. He fears that Flora thought he did not…
Despite being referred to as the "1918 influenza pandemic," four pandemic waves occurred between 1918 and 1920. Flora Blue, age 35, died in February 1920 during the fourth wave. Flora Blue and her sister, Jane Blue, were both sick with influenza, but…