Terrible Typhoid Mary Quotes

“This I know for sure: Life is...uncertain. As a society and as individuals, we must protect healthy people from disease. We must also treat those suffering from disease in an intelligent, humane, and compassionate way. We need to be rational and keep our fears in check.”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America – A YA Historical Biography of Public Health and Human Rights

“Today the term is still used to describe journalism”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America

“There's a danger in writing a person's life from a historical vantage point, for hindsight can be smug.”
― Susan Campbell Bartoletti, Terrible Typhoid Mary: A True Story of the Deadliest Cook in America – A YA Historical Biography of Public Health and Human Rights