James Miranda Barry had dressed as a…

1857 CE

James Miranda Barry had dressed as a man and obtained a degree in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, as women are not allowed to become doctors.

She then became an army surgeon, and after serving in the Crimean War ends her career as inspector general of military hospitals in Canada in 1857.

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