Amazon Origins

In the dark recess of history, women were considered property of first their father and then their husband, an established tradition for hundreds of years. Just what would have to happen for one woman to decide that enough was enough? And on her journey through life as she gathered like-minded women with her, how did they manage to become the legendary Amazons in a time when men ruled the world?...”
Reading this book; you don’t just observe the story, you experience it.

At some point as a child living in London, England, key historic figures such as Briton's Boudicca and France's Joan of Arc would be read in school, some with more interest than others. However the author was fascinated by these strong unique women, and continued to read further into strong women as far back as Ancient Egypt's Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, to England's Queen Elizabeth I. During her reading she came across the famous Amazons, a group of warrior women whose name is a derivative from Greek mythology but allegedly the women came from what is now modern day Turkey, who refused to kowtow to the supremacy of men and were both admired and vilified for their defiance, inspiring a life long interest in these legendary women. There is no genesis for the origins of the Amazons but while volunteering in a women's centre near where she lived and training to become a mental health nurse, the author began to meet women and see how life experiences can shape them and change them forever whether for better or worse depends on that woman and this inspired the author to wonder just what would give enough cause for a group of women to absconded from the life that had been laid out for them and become the legendary Amazons we know so little about today. Incorporating life experiences and her knowledge about cognition and behaviours which are both innate and learned through life experiences.