Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Margaret Bulkeley
Standard Name: Bulkeley, Margaret
Used Form: James Barry
Used Form: Margaret Bulkley
Used Form: Miranda Stuart
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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.
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.
7 December 1858: James Barry (really a woman, Margaret Bulkeley,...
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7 December 1858
James Barry (really a woman, Margaret Bulkeley
, living undetected as a man) became the British army's medical Inspector-General.
21 August 1865: The Manchester Guardian reported the scandalous...
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21 August 1865
The Manchester Guardian reported the scandalous discovery that medical army inspector James Barry, who had recently been found dead, had also been found to be a woman.
March 1870: Edinburgh University student Mary Edith Pechey...
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March 1870
Edinburgh University
student Mary Edith Pechey
received the highest grades in her class for the Chemistry examination, but was denied the right to receive the Hope Scholarship.