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__Biography:__ Dr. Miranda James Barry's birth was not certain, but it was positively between the years 1792 and 1795 and it was in Ireland. She was born as a woman but lived her life in the disguise of a man. Her family of aristocrats encouraged that she disguised her self as a man in order to become the first female doctor. Her birth name was Margaret Ann Bulkley. She/he died on the 25th of July in the year of 1865. After her graduation at Edinburgh University Miranda James served in India, Cape Town, and South Africa as a military surgeon in the British Army. While she was in these places, she improved soldier and native conditions, if they were wounded. While she was in Africa she was considered the first British surgeon to have a successful C-Section on a mother and afterwards the mother named the baby James Barry Munnik after (Miranda) James Barry. Barry served as a surgeon in many wars. One of the wars was the Waterloo in the year of 1815. Another one was the Crimean war from the year 1854 to the year of 1856. By the end of her career she was the highest ranking in the military medical system as the Inspector General. That means he/she was in charge of the military hospital. After his death he was discovered as a woman by the inspector of her body before her funeral. While the woman was inspecting her body she somehow discovered that Margaret Ann Bulkley had a child sometime in her life time. The gender of the child is unknown and so is the father. Where the child was kept is also unknown. As you can tell Margaret Ann Bulkley had a very interesting, successful, and exciting life. Many things had happened during her life time have influenced our medical branch today and the fact that she was the first female doctor encouraged other woman to disguise themselves as men to accomplish what they feel they are and were meant to do.