Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh
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December 1809: Posing as a male and calling herself James...
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December 1809
Posing as a male and calling herself James Barry, Margaret Bulkley or Bulkeley entered Edinburgh Medical School, thus launching what became a distinguished career in medicine.
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