Angel Agnes / The Heroine of the Yellow Fever Plague in Shreveport

The narrative follows a wealthy adopted young woman who volunteers to nurse victims during a violent yellow fever outbreak in Shreveport as most residents flee and the contagion devastates families and workers. It recounts her upbringing in an affluent household and the moral impulse that leads her to respond to a public call for nurses. Detailed scenes portray the epidemic's social collapse, the shortage of caregivers, and the religious consolation she offers the dying. After weeks of relentless labor she suffers a painful, fatal accident following the prior death of her intended husband, and both are buried side by side, leaving a portrait of self-sacrifice and communal grief.