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    Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon: Educational Version
    Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon: Educational Version
    Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon: Educational Version
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    Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon: Educational Version

    By Caitlind L. Alexander

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    Ask most adults who Typhoid Mary was, and they'll tell you a lie. They'll tell you she was someone who killed hundreds of people. Maybe even thousands. They'll tell you she was a woman who knew she had a deadly disease and didn't care that she spread it to others. But is it true? No. Most of it is not true. Here is Mary's story.

    Read about her early beginnings as a 15-year-old girl who traveled alone from Ireland to New York. There she had to find a job, so she began work as a servant. After several years she worked her way up to being a cook, and people said she was a great cook. Mary had no trouble finding jobs, until the families she worked for started catching typhoid.

    Suddenly Mary was arrested and sent to an island. There she was tied to a hospital bed and forced to give samples of her blood, urine and feces for the doctors to test on. She was being used to test all kinds of drugs.

    Finally one of the newspapers took her side, along with many people. The Health Department decided that if Mary agreed not to cook for people, they would set her free.

    Mary agreed. She got a job working in a laundry, but it was hard work and didn't pay enough. Mary was cold and starving. She also believed she had never had typhoid and that she was simply chosen by the Health Department to run tests on because she was all alone in America. No one would fight for her. So Mary decided to fight for herself. She changed her name and went back to work as a cook.

    Find out what happens when typhoid shows up at Mary's new job and the Health Department is called in again!

    Educational versions have Common Core Curriculum activities.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLearningIsland.com
    Release dateOct 3, 2013
    ISBN9781301357642
    Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon: Educational Version
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    Caitlind L. Alexander

    Caitlind Alexander is the author of over 60 books for children, including the Jamie and Kendall Broderick Mystery series, the 14 Fun Facts and 101 Fun Facts series, the Wonderful World of Animals Series, and the Miss Jones series.She lives in California where she loves to visit historic places and learn about new things. She also loves to travel and has been all over the world.

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      Typhoid Mary, The Story of Mary Mallon - Caitlind L. Alexander

      TYPHOID MARY

      The Story of Mary Mallon

      By Caitlind L. Alexander

      A LearningIsland.com

      Biography

      Editor: Jennifer Robinson

      Smashwords Edition

      (c) Copyright 2004 Caitlind L. Alexander. All rights reserved.

      Published by LearningIsland.com.

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to others. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you're reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, please purchase your own copy from any of several online e-book stores. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Typhoid Mary: The Story of Mary Mallon / Caitlind L. Alexander

      Summary: A biography highlighting the life of Mary Mallon, better known as Typhoid Mary.

      1. Typhoid Mary. Juvenile Literature. 2. Mary Mallon. Juvenile Literature. 3. Typhoid. Juvenile Literature.

      Created in USA

      Reading Level: 4.9

      Words: 5832

      Ages 8 and up.

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1: Coming to New York

      Chapter 2: Illness

      Chapter 3: Accusing Mary

      Chapter 4: Capture!

      Chapter 5: Imprisoned!

      Chapter 6: Release

      Chapter 7: Captured Again

      Activities

      Answers

      About the Author

      Chapter 1: Coming to New York

      Ask most adults who Typhoid Mary was, and they'll tell you a lie. They'll tell you she was someone who killed hundreds of people, maybe even thousands. They'll tell you she was a woman who knew she had a deadly disease and didn't care that she spread it to others.

      But is it true?

      No. Most of it is not true. Here is Mary's story.

      Mary Mallon was born on September 23, 1869 in Cookstown, Ireland. When she was 15 years old, Mary came to the United States.

      Very little is known about Mary’s early years in Ireland, or why she came to America alone. She must have been a very brave girl to get on a boat that would take her to a new country, away from everything and everyone she had known and loved.

      When she reached New York, Mary knew that she would have to find work, but there weren't many jobs for women in 1884. Good women were expected to stay with their father until they got married. After that their husbands would take care of them.

      Mary didn't have a husband or anyone else to take care of her. She needed a job.

      Since most servants in 1884 were women, Mary got a job as a servant. Not only did the job pay her, it gave her a place to live. Mary was given a small room, usually in the attic of the house.

      Mary worked hard. She knew that an Irish person wasn't considered as good as an American. Many Americans thought Irish people were stubborn and stupid and that they drank a lot.

      Mary was a bit stubborn, but she was stubborn in a good way. She wasn't willing to accept that she could only be a housemaid. She wanted to do something better. She wanted to work in the upstairs

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