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Dec 7, 2023 · Margaret Ann Bulkley defied the established view of women and became one of the most highly respected surgeons of her day and the highest-ranking doctor in the British Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant colonel. Never heard of her?
To counter Barry’s high-pitched voice and admirable skin, Margaret altered her age and was simply thought to be a boy genius. The initial plan was for Bulkley to travel to Venezuela and practice medicine as a woman after the country was liberated.
Jun 17, 2020 · I am currently reading Wendy Moore's book 'Endell Street, The trailblazing women who ran World War One's most remarkable hospital', and thouroughly enjoying it. I'm impressed with the staff photograph taken in August 1916, which is shown, in part, inside the front and rear covers of the book.
- the same photo can be found here https://archive.org/details/womenasarmysurge00murr A quick flick through the pages of the book shows a few named p...
- Some of the staff are list here: https://vad.redcross.org.uk/Search?hosp=ENDELL Dave
- Thanks Madmeg, It's an interesting book, and the photos are also interesting. Even with the clear photographs in the book it is still difficult to...
- Thanks Dave, There's a lot of names for Endell Street, and also for the 3 Auxilliary Hospitals. One Red Cross records stated that a VAD was seconde...
- I had a quick look through WO 399 at TNA on some of the ones who were shown as paid nurses not VAD-s had some its on the same surnames but not for...
- The lady on the RHS (as we look at it) of Dr Anderson looks like she might be volunteer Margaret Kateherine Turnbull ho's picture is on the Endell...
- There is a list of names of those who worked at the Wimeraux Hospital here https://wartimememoriesproject.com/greatwar/hospitals/hospital.php?pid=1...
- Thanks Meg I don't think Peggy can be the woman next to Dr Anderson, since she was photographed in a Nurse {Orderley} uniform. It's difficult to kn...
- a quick keyword search for doctor women RAMC on ancestry gives some public member stories o various female names- I can;t go any further with that...
- Thanks Meg, I'll check out the names. Regards, Alf McM
Feb 11, 2017 · Margaret Ann Bulkley, under the male pseudonym James Barry, was one of the first female obstetricians in early nineteenth century British Empire. She was the first person to perform a cesarean section in South Africa.
Margaret Ann Bulkley could have stayed home, married and had kids. But she was determined to become a doctor even if it meant living a lie. She was not only the first British woman to graduate in medicine but also one of the day’s most infamous and respected surgeons.
Mar 24, 2017 · From a murderer who claimed he was a Rockefeller to a woman who passed as a male soldier during the U.S. Civil War, get the story behind six of history's most fascinating phonies. Read more
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Sep 6, 2016 · Margaret Bulkley, niece of the great painter James Barry, disguised herself as a man to become a pioneering surgeon, carrying out the first successful caesarean delivery. Margaret Bulkley fooled...
