1943-11: (Chapter 4 Opens: “The Right Sex” — Chapter 4 Titled “The Right Sex: Political Geographies of Haitian Womanhood” Opening in Early November 1943 with…

1943-11: (Chapter 4 Opens: “The Right Sex” — Chapter 4 Titled “The Right Sex: Political Geographies of Haitian Womanhood” Opening in Early November 1943 with Cases of a Dangerous Influenza Virus Reported in Haiti Europe Canada and the United States, Similar to the WWI-Era 1919 Pandemic That Killed Between 3 and 6 Percent of the Global Population This Illness Also Moving Fast Across Borders — Unlike the 1919 Pandemic It Did Not Cause the Same Level of Mortality but It Did Disrupt Livelihood): Chapter 4, titled “The Right Sex: Political Geographies of Haitian Womanhood,” opens in early November 1943 with cases of a dangerous influenza virus reported in Haiti, Europe, Canada, and the United States. Similar to the World War I–era spread of the 1919 world influenza pandemic that killed between 3 and 6 percent of the global population, this illness also moved fast across borders and bodies of water. Unlike the 1919 pandemic, this virus did not cause the same level of mortality, but it did disrupt livelihood — the chapter opens not with politics but with contagion, the global movement of disease mirroring the global movement of ideas and capital that shaped women’s lives.