The Australian Women's Journal (Women: heroines in their own right Book 1)

"Gold Medal Mum" should read "Gold Medal at the London Olympics Mum"... although written in 2006 by Jaquie Mackay about Marilyn Meares, the mother of the cycling gold medalist at the 2004 Athens Olympics .... Anna Meares ....the famous daughter repeats her effort In London 2012 to breathe new life into the story with a courageous win in London. Showing in a timeless fashion ..... the importance of seeking stories behind the headlines. Gold Medal Mum is but one of these short manuscripts that came from every State and Territory of Australia, each representing the life of an ordinary person who inspired others through their actions and words. Not rich or famous people, just the battler type, found in every community, rarely dignified by recognition, but deserving of it none the less. They are stories written by women, about women, for women……. but not just women ........ everyone can find in them a blueprint of their own personal histories....... women, as they always have done, play such an important role in the everyday life on this planet ... yet even today,... the tragedy of anonymity still tarnishes their endeavor. Unrecorded and locked away by the indifference to maternal involvement that shapes our lives ....... men's stories still dominate ....... unless we all sit down with mum and grandma and find out the untarnished truth of the part they played at their point in time.