Matilda Hays

Matilda Mary Hays
Matilda Hays (standing) with Charlotte Cushman, 1858
Born(1820-09-08)8 September 1820
London, England
Died3 July 1897(1897-07-03) (aged 76)
Liverpool, England
OccupationsAuthor, journalist, actor, and translator
Parents
  • John Hays
  • Elizabeth Mary Atkinson

Matilda Mary Hays (8 September 1820 – 3 July 1897) was a 19th-century English writer, journalist and part-time actress. With Eliza Ashurst, Hays translated several of George Sand's works into English. She co-founded the English Woman's Journal. Her love interests included the actress Charlotte Cushman, with whom she had a 10-year relationship, and the poet Adelaide Anne Procter.

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