Program

Research Programs: Humanities, Science, and Technology

Period of Performance

7/1/1993 - 6/30/1996

Funding Totals (outright + matching)

$166,000.00 (approved)
$166,000.00 (awarded)


Typhoid Mary and the Public's Health

FAIN: RH-21102-93

University of Wisconsin, Madison (Madison, WI 53715-1218)
Judith W. Leavitt (Project Director: October 1992 to December 1996)

To support the research and writing of the story of Mary Mallon, known as Typhoid Mary, a topic that addresses the conflict between rights and responsibilities of individuals and public health authorities in 20th-century America.





Associated Products

Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health. (Book)
Title: Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health.
Author: Leavitt, Judith W.
Year: 1996
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780807021033
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry
Publisher: Boston: Beacon Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780807021033