My guest this week is a woman who has challenged gender discrimination from a very young age when she questioned why she had to bake cakes and sew at school while the boys got to have fun learning wood and metal work ! She describes herself as the accidental feminist who became the first British female fighter at the age of seventeen back into 1982.Josephine (Jo) Reynolds has had a life packed with incident and action which she writes about so humorously and eloquently in her book FIRE WOMAN. Her book provides a unique insight into the camaraderie that comes with risking your life on a daily basis and stands as the inspiring true story of an extraordinary young woman who took on what was supposed to be a man's world and won.Today, we discuss how :Why Jo seemed destined to become a firefighter

How Jo was a rebellious teenager and grew up in Wales

Jo applied to join the firefighting service, not realizing she was the first girl to do so until the press turned up!

Challenging it was for Jo as a seventeen year old girl training to become a firefighter

Jo finally Fittied in after passing her firefighter training and gaining respect of her peers.

Jo's first real emergency on the job was a tragic accident that involved one of her closest friends.

Jo leaves the service, travels and discovered a new passion

Traveling to China and south East Asia lead Jo to find a new passion and purpose