| Race | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birth Date | December 14, 1840 |
| Birth Place | Gettysburg, PA, USA, Earth |
| Height | 5' 4" |
| Weight | 215 |
| Hair | toffee brown, just below the shoulders |
| Eyes | Grey blue |
| Languages Spoken | English, French, Latin |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Physical Description | |
| Psychological Evaluation |
| NOT A MEMBER OF STARFLEET |
Personality Traits
LIKES: Shakespeare, strawberries, hot cocoa, good conversation, helping others
DISLIKES: Nicknames, rude people, closed-minded idiots, corsets, being useless
LIMITATIONS: Her stature has brought her ridicule during a time that sought to shrink waists and increase bust size. She won't admit it, but it's a constant source of shame for her and comments about her weight hurt her more than she'll never let on.
STRENGTHS: Learns quickly, adapts well to change, able to put on a strong face when upset, remains calm under pressure.
WEAKNESSES:
QUIRKS: Must sleep nude, even in the dead cold of winter and will not wear tight necklaces or shirts, due to an odd fear of being strangled and an extreme hatred of having her clothing tangled around her.
HOBBIES/INTERESTS: Mary-Elizabeth loves to read. She pretends her only interest is in the most recent medical journals and studies, but often, hidden behind books on anatomy are romances and poetry. Her father tried to teacher her chess, but she never really picked up on it. She sure tries hard, though.
AMBITIONS: Says all she wants is to run the practice in her father's name and further her study of medicine, though, secretly, she would like nothing more than to find a good husband and have children.
| Civil War America |
| James Brady Sr. was a general practitioner of medicine in Gettysburg during the middle of the 19th century. His wife, Catherine O'Hara, passed away during the birth of their second child, James Brady Jr. It was a hard loss for James Sr. to get over, but with two small children to care for, he pulled through. His son never had a taste for education, but stuck it out if only to see his mates. Mary-Elizabeth, however, was a voracious reader and was eager to follow her father's footsteps into medicine, though it was an uncommon profession for women. Then, as it did all over the country, the secession of the Southern States effected Pennsylvania. James Jr., then 17, was taken up with the fervor that struck so many. He left home to join those who sought to reunite the states. He kissed his sister's cheek, shook his father's hand, and left home. It would be the last time the Brady family would be all together. James Jr. was killed during the battle of Antietam, 1862. By this time, Mary-Elizabeth had left her formal schooling and had begun to apprentice under her father. Trusting his daughter with the day-to-day operations of the practice, James Sr. set out to claim the body of his son. Unfortunately, on the trip back to Gettysburg, he was caught in a skirmish and, mistaken for a slave trader, was shot and killed. Mary-Elizabeth would bury both her father and her brother in the winter of 1862 and formally assume control of the practice that had been left to her. Continuing her studies of medicine in her spare time, Mary-Elizabeth now treasts the soldiers that cross her door steps; no matter what color their outfits are. Though its earned her a few dirty looks, a dying man is a dying man. She remains faithful to her father's Hippocratic Oath, "First, do no harm." |