Amazons!

Today's  post is a little different.  First, Amazons, the topic of today's  In Our Time on R4 (Melvyn Bragg's job is the most enviable I can imagine....).    The  link to the PP is obvious - the Amazons are after all an exceptionally  powerful example of convention-defying occupational choice .   I wouldn't want to push it too far, but it will be interesting to see when a woman reaches the top echelons of the military.    And whether there is any discussion in that sphere over whether/how a female presence would make a difference to leadership styles, as there is over boardrooms and financial trading (and even politics....). I went over to the British Museum ( I'm lucky enough to live…
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