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Dr. James Barry was actually born Margaret Ann Bulkley around 1789 in County Cork, Ireland, at a time when women were barred from most formal education, and were certainly not allowed to practice medicine.
Barry was the second child of Jeremiah (a grocer) and Mary-Ann Bulky.
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While still a teenager, it is believed that Margaret was raped by an uncle. She gave birth to a baby, Juliana, who was raised by her mother.
Margaret was interested in pursuing an education, and doing something beyond the realm of what was allowed of her gender.
In the 2016 book, James Barry: A Woman Ahead of Her Time, authors Dr. Michael du Preez and Jeremy Dronfield recount a story from when Margaret was 18, where she openly chastised her spendthrift brother saying, “Were I not a girl, I would be a solider!” And a solider she would be.
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When her family fell on hard times, Margaret (who was in her late teens) moved with her mother to London, where Mary An