The most dangerous woman in America

author: Donat, Richard
Dramatizes the story of Mary Mallon, a seemingly healthy Irish immigrant cook who became known as Typhoid Mary after being identified as the source of an outbreak of typhoid fever in New York in 1906, and who was subsequently banished to a quarantine island off Manhattan against her will.
year: 2005
call number/section: 614.4, 614.5, 614.51
subjects: typhoid mary, d. 1938, typhoid fever, new york, history, quarantine, video recordings for the hearing impaired, video recordings for people with visual disabilities
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