Publications

Publications of the Flu Mask Project:

E. Thomas Ewing, Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig, Linsey C. Marr, and Katherine Randall, "'Probably of Great Value Potentially': Masks in the US Military during the 1918 Pandemic," Circulating Now, April 22, 2021. https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2021/04/22/probably-of-great-value-potentially-masks-in-the-us-military-during-the-1918-pandemic/

Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, "Right All the Way Through: Dr. Minerva Goodman and the Stockton Mask Debate during the 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic," Nursing Clio, April 21, 2021
https://nursingclio.org/2021/04/20/right-all-the-way-through-dr-minerva-goodman-and-the-stockton-mask-debate-during-the-1918-1919-influenza-epidemic/

Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, "Revealing Data: Flu Masks on Ships, 1918," Circulating Now, from the Historical Collections of the National Library of Medicine, November 11, 2020: https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2020/11/11/revealing-data-flu-masks-on-ships-1918/

Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig, and E. Thomas Ewing, "'All the World's a Harem': Perceptions of Masked Women during the 1918-1919 Flu Pandemic," Nursing Clio, September 8, 2020: https://nursingclio.org/2020/09/08/all-the-worlds-a-harem-perceptions-of-masked-women-during-the-1918-1919-flu-pandemic/

Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, Mask incarceration: The nexus of pandemic, environmental degradation, and carcerality, The Mask - Arrayed, April 20, 2021. https://themaskarrayed.net/2021/04/20/mask-incarceration-the-nexus-of-pandemic-environmental-degradation-and-carcerality/

Jessica Brabble, E. Thomas Ewing, and Ariel Ludwig, "Debates over mask-wearing are nothing new. History shows masks are a key tool for combating viruses," Made By History, Washington Post, September 6, 2020: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/06/debates-over-mask-wearing-are-nothing-new/

Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig, and E. Thomas Ewing, "'The Mask Law will be Rigidly Enforced': Ordinances, Arrests, and Celebrations during the 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic," Society for Historians of of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Blog, August 11, 2020. https://www.shgape.org/the-mask-law-will-be-rigidly-enforced/

Jessica Brabble, Ariel Ludwig, and E. Thomas Ewing, "Wearing a Mask in Virginia - Historical Lessons from 1918," Richmond Times-Dispatch (Richmond, VA), August 11, 2020. https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/jessica-brabble-ariel-ludwig-and-e-thomas-ewing-column-wearing-a-mask-in-virginia-historical/article_cc0b1788-1f26-56c5-a1e6-d964053fb8da.html

Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, "The Task of the Mask," The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA), August 5, 2020. https://roanoke.com/townnews/medicine/luwig-brabble-and-ewing-the-task-of-the-mask/article_b33fb3e3-e547-58e4-bac4-7843213ccbb0.html

E. Thomas Ewing, Ariel Ludwig, and Jessica Brabble, "Why was there a Backlash against Face Masks during the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918?" History Extra, published by the BBC, July 24, 2020. https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/wear-face-masks-backlash-opposition-why-spanish-flu-coronavirus-covid-history/

Ariel Ludwig, Jessica Brabble, and E. Thomas Ewing, "Flu Masks in Indiana during the 1918 Epidemic," Items, Insights from the Social Sciences, published by the Social Science Research Council, July 23, 2020.
https://items.ssrc.org/covid-19-and-the-social-sciences/mediated-crisis/flu-masks-in-indiana-during-the-1918-epidemic/

E. Thomas Ewing, "Flu Masks Failed in 1918, But We Need Them Now," Health Affairs Blog, May 12, 2020 (open access) https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200508.769108/full/