Typhoid Mary was born on this day in 1869, and her name has become a synonym for disease carriers, but who was Typhoid Mary and why did she spend more than a decade spreading the deadly disease? The New York AmericanIgnorance, not malice, made Mary Mallon a killer. His portrait of Mary Mallon reveals a hot-tempered, stubborn, and painfully isolated person. Mallon's funeral, in 1938, offered a final demonstration of what a lonely life Typhoid Mary had led. Roinujs via Wikimedia CommonsMeeting Typhoid Mary

Source: Forbes September 22, 2017 20:03 UTC