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Judith Walzer Leavitt, Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public’s Health (1996), examines the health officials’ treatment of Mallon.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Mallon, Mary. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 19, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ohio State University - Origins - Who was Typhoid Mary? | May 09, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 07, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - Before the comic book villain, there was the real Typhoid Mary. | Jul 23, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: McGill University - Office for Science and Society - Physical Isolation and the Case of Typhoid Mary. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - There's Something About Mary. | Jan 15, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 12, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - Typhoid Mary: the super-spreader before the term even existed. | Feb 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of Health and Medicine - Typhoid Mary/Mary Mallon: An Asymptomatic Carrier of Salmonella typhi. | Jan 04, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - How Typhoid Mary left a trail of scandal and death. | Nov 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - NOVA - Typhoid Mary: Villain or Victim? | Jul 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Dictionary of Irish Biography - Mallon, Mary. | Apr 29, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Typhoid Mary: 'The Most Dangerous Woman in America'. | Mar 13, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever. | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Birth of �Typhoid Mary�. | Jun 20, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | Sep 07, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: Haverford Libraries - Haverford Scholarship - The Physical Origin of Torque and of the Rotational Second Law. | Jun 06, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Bitesize - Mary Mallon. | Jan 31, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Women's Museum of Ireland - Typhoid Mary. | Feb 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Museum - Brought to Life - Biography of 'Typhoid Mary' - Mary Mallon. | Feb 21, 2014 | ||
| Changed birth date from "1870?" to "Sept. 23, 1869" and added birth location. Also added information on Mary's immigration to the United States and on her connection to cases of typhoid fever in New York City and Long Island between 1900 and 1907. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Earth-Life Web Productions - Biography of Typhoid Mary. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Typhoid Mary. | Apr 14, 2009 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 13, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Nov 10, 1999 |
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