Before today I had never heard of this remarkable woman who posed as a man to beat the UK prohibition against female doctors and went on to have a distinguished career as a surgeon. I'll definitely be reading this! #KickassHeroines #SeasonsReadings2016
LeahBergen This sounds amazing! 8y
Simona Well, I'm on my way to ebooks store...bye! 8y
Moray_Reads @LeahBergen I know! I'm particularly embarrassed that I didn't know if hey since I used to work for the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh! 8y
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charl08 It's a good read (although I wasn't convinced by all of the authors' argument) 8y
charl08 There's a good novel based on her life too 8y
James Miranda Barry (Revised)
Moray_Reads @charl08 Thanks, I'll look out for that 8y