Her real name was Mary Mallon (1869-1938), but she was nicknamed "Typhoid Mary." She gained notoriety (as evidenced by this newspaper article) by being the first person in the United States to be iden...Her real name was Mary Mallon (1869-1938), but she was nicknamed "Typhoid Mary." She gained notoriety (as evidenced by this newspaper article) by being the first person in the United States to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen that causes typhoid fever.
Her real name was Mary Mallon (1869-1938), but she was nicknamed “Typhoid Mary.” She gained notoriety (as evidenced by this newspaper article) by being the first person in the United States to be iden...Her real name was Mary Mallon (1869-1938), but she was nicknamed “Typhoid Mary.” She gained notoriety (as evidenced by this newspaper article) by being the first person in the United States to be identified as an asymptomatic carrier of the pathogen that causes typhoid fever.