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The Most Dangerous Woman in America

The Most Dangerous Woman in America. Roles. You will each be given a role. Watch the video and think about how someone in your position would think about the situation. Take notes as we watch to help you remember the facts. Mary Mallon Typhoid Mary herself. Public Health Officials

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The Most Dangerous Woman in America

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  1. The Most Dangerous Woman in America

  2. Roles • You will each be given a role. • Watch the video and think about how someone in your position would think about the situation. • Take notes as we watch to help you remember the facts.

  3. Mary MallonTyphoid Mary herself Public Health Officials Those responsible for the health and safety of the population General Public Most of the people living in the area Family Members Those who had loved ones contract Typhoid from Mary

  4. What do you think? • Get into the four role groups. • Recount a short summary of the point of view and the group’s opinion about that point of view. • Present your summary and opinion. • How do the groups’ views differ? • What points do you agree with? • Disagree with? • Why?

  5. Reflection • Mary Mallon was confined because as a healthy carrier of typhoid she could transmit the disease to others, yet she continued to work in a job in which transmission was likely. • Did public health officials make the right decision when they removed her from her job? Why or why not? • What are the rights and responsibilities of an individual who can transmit a disease? • What are the rights and responsibilities of the society in which the individual lives?

  6. Reflection • Adopt the viewpoint of a person in your role. • Write a letter to President Theodore Roosevelt about the situation with Mary Mallon. • This should be done from the point of view you adopted. • Make sure that I know you understand the situation. • Take a stance and fight for it. You would not write the president unless you felt very strongly.

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