Netta Syrett

Netta Syrett was born in England in 1865 and trained as a teacher in London and Cambridge. In her day, it was not possible for women to attend university or graduate. She became a full-time teacher but also wrote short stories, plays, children’s books and novels. One of her dramas, which included a ‘modern’ young woman, was thought to be autobiographical and forced Syrett to resign her teaching position. However, by that time, she was becoming well-known and turning out a novel every year – thirty in all – until her retirement in 1939. She died four years later. Netta Syrett’s only work available in print or on the Internet is the short story, ‘Your Heart’s Desire’.