Newton grew up in
Truro in
Cornwall where she attended the
High School for Girls before studying at the Truro School of Art from 1934 to 1938. She then worked as an art assistant at art schools in
Stourbridge and in
Hereford before taking a teaching post at the Elizabeth Gaskell College of Education in Manchester. Alongside her teaching duties, Newton created textile designs both for hand weaving and machine production. She was elected a member of the
Royal Society of the Arts in 1940 and was recognized as a
licentiate by the
Society of Industrial Designers. Newtown also exhibited works with the
Royal Society of British Artists, the
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, the United Society of Artists and at the
Paris Salon. Newton spent the later part of her life at
Southport in the north-west of England. ==References==