Relentless: The Search For Typhoiod Mary (ePub)

In 1906 Dr. George Soper of the New York Department of Health was asked to investigate a mysterious outbreak of typhoid in Oyster Bay, New York - home of the summer White House of President Theodore Roosevelt. The investigation - fascinating in its own right - identified the first known typhoid carrier - an Irish immigrant named Mary Mallon. Thus began one of the most fascinating medical mysteries ever written.
Mary has never had a voice in the reporting of her history - a history largely written by George Soper himself. Relentless: The Search For Typhoid Mary gives her a voice, turns her from the greedy villain she is usually accused of being into a woman of integrity and character who hired noted chemists to conducted to her own investigation of the accusations in the early years of microbiology. The chemists found all her tests negative. Nevertheless, without trial or hearing, she was thrown into solitary confinement in a prison hospital where she spent nearly a third of her life. Her crimes included being a single woman, being Irish, being an immigrant, being unattractive, large and mannish, fighting hard for her freedom and most important - cooking for New York's wealthy families. This is a riveting story about one of the most unusual women of modern American history, a story which raises issues society deals with even today.