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 show
Germ City: Epidemics throughout New York’s History
George Soper on Mary Mallon
THE CURIOUS CAREER OF TYPHOID MARY
Typhoid Mary - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever
The Most Dangerous Woman In America
In Her Own Words
Mary Mallon - Wikipedia