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been assigned to their respective genders, and simply go along with the cultural norm. But I believe many would be surprised to find that that in 1918, it was the exact opposite. In many cultures around the world, it remains opposite, or completely different colors altogether. So why and when did we decide what colors would represent girls and boys? In 1918, a magazine titled Earnshaw’s Infants Department published an article…

The Influenza outbreak of 1918 spread rapidly and was so detrimental to the economy because of the subpar initial reaction to the virus, the high infectivity and mortality rate, and the inability to fill common civilian jobs after and during the epidemic. Due to the poor containment…

The 1918 “Spanish flu” Pandemic was caused by an avian-like influenza virus that gained the ability for efficient and sustained human-to-human transmission and then spread globally, killing 20-50 millions. Fortunately, viruses with pandemic potential are rare occurrences and ongoing surveillance of human and avian viruses is being done globally in preparedness for an influenza pandemic. Vaccines and anti-viral drugs may be available, if needed and time permits. Both kinds of therapies have…

delivered , as it were ,of life by the bullet that kills him , as the woman might be delivered of her child by abortion. This result in both cases is unnatural death by violent interference with creative processes.(White;1969,61) The Poem Futility 1918 juxtaposes the purposeful endeavour with sterility , man and nature a birth and death ; in attempt to pity the dead solider who laid in the snow of France: Move him intothe sun-/Gently its touch awake him once,/(Sasson;1921,1/2.p25)…

Both sources contain information about the suffrage movement and give indications to the reasoning to the eventual granting of votes for women in 1918. However the both sources give two different indications to why votes were granted to women. To evaluate which source gives a more valuable reason different elements of the substance of the sources needs to be taken into account. Such as the author (Who wrote it), the tone, the audience it was intended for, and the time it was written. Source A…

Introduction The 1918 Spanish Flu resulted in the exposure of one-third of the world’s population with an overall death estimate of 50-100 million people 1,2. In the United States, mortality rates were as high as 675,000 people representing 28% of the population2,3. The Spanish Flu affected the United States in three waves. Symptoms during the onset of Spanish Flu in March of 1918, were overall not perceived to be alarming to the American Population. Whereas during the second wave of the…

Isabella Discua 4/18/16 Period 2 . Influenza Catastrophe From 1918-1919, a deadly, contagious disease, known as the influenza pandemic was spreading at an incredibly fast rate worldwide. There are several names for the flu such as “Spanish Flu”, “Three-Day-Fever”, and “The Flu.” It was first recognized in Europe, the US, and parts of Asia before spreading worldwide. Many of the victims exposed to the disease were young and the adults were healthy. There were no effective medicine to cure or…

Drashawn Smith Mr. Drago World History/Geog CP 27 March 2018 DBQ Essay In between the years of 1914 to 1918, the first world war was fought. The Treaty of Versailles ended it 1919. Known fact that this war left behind a distinguished nation hungry for power and revenge. A nation so eager for power that it initiated the first world war and was only left with massive inflation, debt, guilt, lost territories, and dead soldiers. In 1920 this country is described Germany, and it seeked revenge, along…

isolated farms. This was a very serious case of influenza that they have never seen before. This flu was known to be a very tough flu to get rid of, but it was a different story on how severe it was when it came in 1918. The disease went from those cities in Kansas and by May of 1918 it leaked into Europe, where there was reports of the same severe symptoms that was happening in…

Those who survived lived on to experience the even deadlier 1918 flu pandemic. The 1918 flu crisis raged throughout Europe and many who survived the infection later died from pneumonia. The 1918 flu pandemic resulted in approximately 20 to 50 million deaths worldwide, nearly 2.5% to 5% of the world’s population. Influenza viruses pose significant impacts on social economy, global…