The Most Dangerous Woman in America Essay Mary Mallon was one of the first identified healthy carriers of typhoid. It is estimated that she is responsible for 51 confirmed cases of typhoid and three deaths. 1 Public health officials and the Mayor of New York forced her to be quarantined on two separate occasions for a total 26 years. In approximately 750-1,000 words address whether you believe her forced isolation was justified and discuss the ethical implications. In your argument, you may want to elaborate on US laws regarding quarantine and the role of immigration. Remember to think about the right of the individual vs the right of a society to remain/maintain health and what are the legal and ethical implications for the side you choose to support. Think about that by the time she died health officials identified more than 400 other healthy carriers of Salmonella typhi that were not forcibly confined.1 You may also want to consider if there are any examples of people are diseases that parallel what happened to Mary? This assignment will be worth 30 points. Note if you write a summary of the documentary rather than an argumentative essay, you will not receive credit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slzdZSr-B-E You can find the assessment rubric on the next page. Assignment Rubric Criteria/Scale Content/Information -Clear purpose -Examples/citations -Critical and original thoughts (worth 10 points) Organization -Structured argument (worth 10 points) Grammar and Formatting -Sentence Structure -Proper citations (worth 10 points) Total Possible Points Inadequate (0-4.99) Adequate but needs improvement (5-7.99) Central argument is Central argument and absent or unclear. clarity of purpose are Little or no evidence is generally evident provided to support throughout the essay. claim. Evidence of critical, No critical or original careful thought and thoughts exemplified insight. throughout the paper. There are good, relevant supporting examples and evidence. There is no apparent The paper has clear organization to the organizational paper. Comments are structure with some sporadic and difficult to digressions/irrelevant follow rational for material. argument. The essay is The flow of the paper is a summary rather than natural and easy to an argument read. There is a clear conclusion. Excessive spelling errors. Rarely uses proper sentence structure. No/incorrect citations. Sentence structure and grammar, generally strong, with only occasional lapses in punctuation, citation, style and spelling. Meets Expectations (8-10) Central argument is well developed and the entirety of the paper is clear and relevant. Multiple bodies of supporting evidence. Fully developed and critical insights. The paper is logically organized. The flow of the paper is natural, easy to read and the argument is fully developed. There is a clear introduction with supporting evidence as well as a strong insightful conclusion. Sentence structure and grammar are excellent. Correct use of punctuation and citation style, no spelling errors. 30
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