Stand Up and Be Counted: Women and Social Justice in Michigan (1960-1985)

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• Supervisors Vote to Close Town Schools
  An article about county officials' decision to close schools in Washtenaw
• Close School Til Epidemic is Conquered
  An article about school closures in Ann Arbor in order to stop the spread of influenza, along with other "extreme measures" being adopted.
• Child Flu Victim
  An obituary for a child victim of the flu.
• The big "IF" in life
  An advertisement using the 1918 pandemic to promote a "suction sweeper."
• "198 Cases of Spanish Flu in Hospital"
  An article about the number and state of cases of influenza in the city. The writer, backed by local medical professionals, assures readers "the worst is over." The article ends by reporting that a J. Richtig of the chemistry department is "holding his own very well." Richtig would later die of pneumonia caused by the flu on the 24th of October.
• "Mrs. E. L. Whitman is Influenza Victim; Illness is Short"
  An obituary for Dora M. Whitman, a local woman who died from influenza and pneumonia.
• "Another Soldier from Ann Arbor is Influenza Victim"
  An obituary for William Kelley, an Ann Arbor resident and soldier who died from influenza while stationed at Camp Custer.