![]() ![]() Bartoletti proposes that Mary’s human and constitutional rights were severely violated and that the state of New York treated her unlawfully-if not inhumanely. Bartoletti wrote Terrible Typhoid Mary to uncover the truth about the real Mary Mallon, exposing the unjust way she was treated by everyone around her. Public health officials later branded her a danger to the public and forced her to live in seclusion. Mary, who had no idea that a healthy woman could pass on typhoid, inadvertently caused serious typhoid outbreaks. Terrible Typhoid Mary is the biography of Mary Mallon, also known as “Typhoid Mary.” She was the first healthy carrier of typhoid fever in the United States. ![]() ![]() She was an English teacher before becoming a writer. She teaches writing classes to students across numerous MA and MFA programs and leads writing workshops offered through the Highlights Foundation. ![]() Bartoletti is an American children’s book writer living in Pennsylvania. It was chosen as a 2016 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book for its contribution to children’s nonfiction. Susan Campbell Bartoletti’s nonfiction work for children, Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America (2015), tells the true story of a woman who accidentally infected numerous Americans with typhoid. ![]()
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