| 1. Elaine began her nursing career caring for children in a Bangladeshi orphanage. |
| 2. She worked as a caretaker for Stephen Hawking in the 1980s. |
| 3. While at Hawking's residence, she developed a relationship with him and they married in 1995. |
| 4. Mason and Hawking were married for 11 years but did not have children together. |
| 5. Maxine Peake portrayed Elaine in the Academy Award-winning movie 'The Theory of Everything,' which depicted Stephen Hawking's life. |
| 6. Her first husband David Mason was an engineer who helped develop Hawking's speech synthesizer. |
| 7. She and Hawking divorced in 2006 after 11 years of marriage. |
| 8. She was investigated by police over allegations of physically and emotionally abusing Hawking during their marriage but was not charged with any crimes. |
| 9. She became stepmother to Hawking's three children: Robert, Lucy, and Timothy. |
