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Fire Woman: The Extraordinary Story of Britain´s First Female Firefighter
Josephine Reynolds
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Description for Fire Woman: The Extraordinary Story of Britain´s First Female Firefighter
Paperback. Signing up to the Fire Brigade in 1981, Josephine Reynolds was Britain's first ever female firefighter. This is the inspiring true story of an extraordinary young woman who triumphed in a man's world, making history in the process. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; BGA; JKSW2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198. .
The inspiring true story of Josephine Reynolds, Britain's first full-time female firefighter. When Josephine Reynolds signed up with the Norfolk Fire Service in July 1982 at just seventeen years old, there was no such thing as a firefighter - only fire men. Set against the slate-grey backdrop of early 1980s Britain, Fire Woman is the story of how a young woman brought up in rural Wales coped in the testosterone-fuelled world of the fire brigade, where even today 96 per cent of all staff are male. In a life packed with incident - ... Read more
The inspiring true story of Josephine Reynolds, Britain's first full-time female firefighter. When Josephine Reynolds signed up with the Norfolk Fire Service in July 1982 at just seventeen years old, there was no such thing as a firefighter - only fire men. Set against the slate-grey backdrop of early 1980s Britain, Fire Woman is the story of how a young woman brought up in rural Wales coped in the testosterone-fuelled world of the fire brigade, where even today 96 per cent of all staff are male. In a life packed with incident - ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Michael O´Mara Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782436997
SKU
V9781782436997
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Josephine Reynolds
Josephine Reynolds signed up as a trainee firefighter with the Norfolk Fire Service in the summer of 1982. At just seventeen years old, she was the first ever woman to join the fire service full time in the UK. After falling in love with fellow firefighter David Blakeney, an ex-French Foreign Legion fighter, the pair married and headed to the ... Read more
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