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==Early life==
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==Early life==
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Born ”’Angela Margaret Weir”’ in [[High Wycombe]] in Buckinghamshire, she grew up on the [[Isle of Sheppey]] and was educated at Basingstoke High School, [[Bedford College (London)|Bedford College, University of London]], and the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bright|first=Martin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/gayrights.comment|title=The Observer profile: Angela Mason|date=2002-11-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077
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Born ”’Angela Margaret Weir”’ in [[High Wycombe]] in Buckinghamshire, she grew up on the [[Isle of Sheppey]] and was educated at Basingstoke High School, [[Bedford College (London)|Bedford College, University of London]], and the [[London School of Economics]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bright|first=Martin|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/gayrights.comment|title=The Observer profile: Angela Mason|date=2002-11-24|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She was an early member of the [[Gay Liberation Front]] in the UK.
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==Terrorism charges==
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==Terrorism charges==
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She was one of the [[Stoke Newington Eight]], who in 1972 were charged with planting or sending bombs which aimed to maim or kill government Ministers, their families and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] officials. She was one of the four accused who was acquitted following a long and still controversial trial.<ref>{{cite news
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She was one of the [[Stoke Newington Eight]], who in 1972 were charged with planting or sending bombs which aimed to maim or kill government Ministers, their families and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] officials. She was one of the four accused who was acquitted following a long and still controversial trial.<ref>{{cite news|author=Martin Bright |url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2002/feb/03/features.magazine27 |title=Investigation: The Angry Brigade |newspaper=Guardian |date=3 February 2002 |accessdate=26 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref> Mason still refuses to discuss the trial in interviews today.<ref name=guardian2007>{{cite news|author=Lucy Ward and Tania Branigan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/nov/14/guardiansocietysupplement.equality |title=Interview: Angela Mason |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 November 2007 |accessdate=26 June 2010 |location=London}}</ref>
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Mason was an activist in the trade union and radical movements.
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Mason was an activist in the trade union and radical movements.
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==In government==
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==In government==
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From 2003 to 2007, she was the director of the UK government’s Women and Equality Unit, now the [[Government Equalities Office]], with her high salary attracting media attention.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/5900/article-1G1-94544205/labour-crony-made-pounds-sterling80000-voice-britain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114555/http://business.highbeam.com/5900/article-1G1-94544205/labour-crony-made-pounds-sterling80000-voice-britain |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2014 |title=A Labour crony is made [pounds sterling]80,000 voice of Britain’s women; From anarchist bomb trial defendant to Establishment pillar. | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared |publisher=Business.highbeam.com |date=22 November 2002 |accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref> Mason has also been a member of the [[Equal Opportunities Commission (United Kingdom)|Equal Opportunities Commission]] and an advisor to the [[Mayor of London]], [[Ken Livingstone]]. Controversially she used her position as a senior civil servant to oppose one measure of legislative equality for gay people – protections against discrimination in the delivery of public and commercial services – in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ward|first=Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/nov/14/guardiansocietysupplement.equality|title=Interview: Angela Mason|date=2007-11-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-11|last2=Branigan|first2=Tania|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077
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From 2003 to 2007, she was the director of the UK government’s Women and Equality Unit, now the [[Government Equalities Office]], with her high salary attracting media attention.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://business.highbeam.com/5900/article-1G1-94544205/labour-crony-made-pounds-sterling80000-voice-britain |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114555/http://business.highbeam.com/5900/article-1G1-94544205/labour-crony-made-pounds-sterling80000-voice-britain |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 August 2014 |title=A Labour crony is made [pounds sterling]80,000 voice of Britain’s women; From anarchist bomb trial defendant to Establishment pillar. | HighBeam Business: Arrive Prepared |publisher=Business.highbeam.com |date=22 November 2002 |accessdate=4 December 2013}}</ref> Mason has also been a member of the [[Equal Opportunities Commission (United Kingdom)|Equal Opportunities Commission]] and an advisor to the [[Mayor of London]], [[Ken Livingstone]]. Controversially she used her position as a senior civil servant to oppose one measure of legislative equality for gay people – protections against discrimination in the delivery of public and commercial services – in 2005 and 2006.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Ward|first=Lucy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2007/nov/14/guardiansocietysupplement.equality|title=Interview: Angela Mason|date=2007-11-14|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-02-11|last2=Branigan|first2=Tania|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She was, however, unsuccessful and the measure was passed in the [[Equality Act 2006]]. She was awarded the [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 1999<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/06/98/queens_birthday_honours/366658.stm |title=Officers of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) |date=12 June 1999 |work=BBC News |location=London |accessdate=14 September 2011 }}</ref> and promoted to CBE in 2007.<ref name=LG58557 />
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Since 2007 she has been an advisor to IDeA, a government [[quango]] which provides guidelines and regulations for all local authorities in England on equality issues. She was also appointed as Chair of the feminist group the [[Fawcett Society]] in the same year.
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Since 2007 she has been an advisor to IDeA, a government [[quango]] which provides guidelines and regulations for all local authorities in England on equality issues. She was also appointed as Chair of the feminist group the [[Fawcett Society]] in the same year.
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==Personal life==
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==Personal life==
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Mason married scriptwriter William Mason in 1971, they divorced in 1980 with Mason retaining her married surname. She is in a [[Civil Partnership]] with [[Marxist]] academic Elizabeth Wilson and has a daughter who was conceived by [[artificial insemination]].<ref name=”guardian2007″ /><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite news
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Mason married scriptwriter William Mason in 1971, they divorced in 1980 with Mason retaining her married surname. She is in a [[Civil Partnership]] with [[Marxist]] academic Elizabeth Wilson and has a daughter who was conceived by [[artificial insemination]].<ref name=”guardian2007″ /><ref name=autogenerated1 /><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/nov/24/gayrights.comment | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Martin | last=Bright | title=The Observer profile: Angela Mason | date=24 November 2002}}</ref>
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==Later life==
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==Later life==
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