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She grew up poor in 1890s Ireland. Coming to the United States as a teenager, all by herself, she was able to build a good life as a cook for New York’s wealthiest families. One day she is approached by a name named George Soper, who told her she could be the carrier of a deadly disease. She might be unknowingly responsible for bringing sickness and death to others. Her name was Mary Mallon, but the press gave her the title of Typhoid Mary!Sources to today's showGerm City: Epidemics throughout New York’s HistoryGeorge Soper on Mary MallonTHE CURIOUS CAREER OF TYPHOID MARYTyphoid Mary - Encyclopaedia BritannicaMary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid feverThe Most Dangerous Woman In AmericaIn Her Own WordsMary Mallon - Wikipedia★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★