2min chapter

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast cover image

Typhoid Mary Mallon Revisited

The History Chicks : A Women's History Podcast

CHAPTER

The Human Typhoid Virus

People started to call her typhoid mary. She became the subject of ridicule. And she lawyered up. Maybe it was the lawyer himself, his name's o'neil,. Or maybe the lawyer was actually hired by william randolph hurst, publisher, to sell copies of his newspaper. Oh, it's a david and goliath story, starring mary malin as the victim, starring the grinding, impersonal bureaucracy as the villain with the invisible menace of typhoid. It made good copy, and he was super excited about that. But i just want to reiterate, lest we forget, mary mallin had done nothing criminal, but she had become one of

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode