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How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women's rights

  • Written by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women's rightsMore women than men were left standing after the war and pandemic.Library of Congress, CC BY

When disaster strikes, it can change the fabric of a society – often through the sheer loss of human life. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami left 35,000 children without one or both parents in Indonesia alone. The Black Death killed more than 75 million...

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