1918 flu pandemic 
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SOURCE: The Conversation
3-1-18
How the devastating 1918 flu pandemic helped advance US women’s rights
by Christine Crudo Blackburn, Gerald W. Parker and Morten Wendelbo
By disproportionately affecting young men, the virus, in combination with World War I, created a shortage of labor – filled by women.
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