Typhoid Mary, the most dangerous woman in America [videorecording] Most dangerous woman in America a film by Nancy Porter Productions, Inc. for NOVA in association with WGBH/Boston. - [Boston, Mass.] : WGBH Educational Foundation, c2005. - 1 videodisc of 1 (DVD) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced for NOVA in association with WGBH Boston in 2004. Based on the book Typhoid Mary: captive to the public's health / Judith Walzer Leavitt.
Printable materials for educators -- Access to Nova website.
In 1906 in America it was first discovered that humans could transmit typhoid fever. This is a dramatization of the outbreak and a profile of Irish cook Mary Mallon, known as 'Typhoid Mary'. Quarantined against her will, the story reveals the newfound power of health officials to protect the masses, often at the expense of personal liberties.
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Typhoid Mary, d. 1938
Typhoid Fever--history--New York.
Typhoid fever--History.--New York (State)--New York
Quarantine--History.--New York (State)--New York
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