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QNlBM TIL of the Edinburgh Seven, the first women to matriculate at a British university in 1869. The university discriminated them with charging higher fees. As they arrived at their anatomy exam, several hundred male students pelted them with mud and other objects and shoved a sheep into the exam hall.
r86y TIL 50 years before women were allowed to enroll into medical school, Margaret Ann Bulkley dressed as a man for 56 years to study medicine and become her alter-ego, Dr James Barry. It was only when she died in 1865 that her secret was exposed after 46 years working as an army medical officer.
eLk4 TIL that 50 years before women were allowed to enroll into medical school, Margaret Ann Bulkley dressed as a man for 56 years to study medicine and become her alter-ego, Dr James Barry. It was only when she died in 1865 that her secret was exposed after 46 years working as an army medical officer.