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The 1918 Spanish Flu and Philadelphia’s Catholics

The 1918 Spanish Flu and Philadelphia’s Catholics

American Catholic History

March 30, 202014m 22s

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Show Notes

The Influenza pandemic of 1918 hit Philadelphia particularly hard, killing up to 16,000 people. Tom and Noëlle Crowe explore how the Catholic Church in the city stepped up to help the overwhelmed city services, with over 2,000 nuns filling in as nurses and going door to door in neighborhoods.

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