“Close the Schools:” Public Reaction to Closures During the 1918 Flu Pandemic
Alyssa Thiede2021-04-15T16:12:52-05:00Minneapolis Morning Tribune, October 22, 1918 The influenza pandemic of 1918 created tense disagreements in Minneapolis and perhaps no man found himself caught in the middle more so than Dr. Harry Guilford. Serving as the city’s health commissioner, Dr. Guilford led Minneapolis’s response to the [...]