Sunday, December 6, 2020

Twice in a Lifetime: The Pandemic of 1918 and How it Resonates in 2020

Twice in a Lifetime: The Pandemic of 1918 and How it Resonates in 2020


Twice in a Lifetime: the Pandemic of 1918 and How it Resonates in 2020


From Ebling's History of Medicine Librarian, Micaela Sullivan-Fowler at UW-Madison, presented for Waunakee Public Library on October 21, 2020.

In 2018 Micaela Sullivan-Fowler installed an exhibition called "Staggering Losses: WW1 and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918." Little did she know that the exhibition would be shuttered by another Pandemic, the one we are experiencing in 2020.  

  • She will give a short background on the exhibition itself, how the "Spanish Flu" affected our local populations

  • and how the exhibition resonated for those who visited.  

  • Micaela will also touch on the similarities and differences between the two Pandemics.




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