Sylvia Mason

And Bristol University where she gained a BA and PGCE. While her son and daughter were young, she gained a Master’s degree with the Open University, her specialism being Victorian poetry. Her career was spent as a teacher of English in Bristol, Newport and the Valleys.

Sylvia’s interest is in researching forgotten Newport women. Her first book, Every Woman Remembered: Daughters of Newport in the Great War, features accounts of the Newport women who died in service in WW1 and also others who did so much for the war effort in the town. 

Her second book Mary Frost: Wife, Mother, Chartist, looks at the female Chartists active in Newport in 1838/9. Her aim was to show the women and girls of Newport that they were part of one of the most important events in Newport’s history. She is delighted Her Story Theatre Group is spreading this message far and wide.