this really happened!

WOMEN IN HIDING: James Barry was a woman disguised as man in order to study medicine. Admitted to Edinburgh University in 1809. After graduation, was assigned to various British colonies and noted for "his" care and struggle to improve the standard of life of patients.  Died in 1865, after 46 years working as an army medical officer.  Was then when her real identity, MARGARET ANN BULKLEY, was discovered.  Among her many achievements she was the first British surgeon to perform a successful C-section.