The Spanish Flu Battle for Minneapolis: Quarantine, Rebellion, and the 1918 Shutdown
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In October 1918, as the second wave of the Spanish Influenza pandemic swept across Minnesota, Health Department officials in Minneapolis enacted one of the nation’s earliest and most decisive public health shutdowns. As streetcars cleared and public gatherings were banned, a fierce civic rebellion erupted when the Minneapolis Board of Education defied health decrees and moved to reopen school doors. On this episode of Pionerd: The Minnesota Edition, host Robert Thomas uncovers the story of the high-stakes 1918 shutdown, detailing the political standoff between city health…
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