Poet, translator, novelist, and editor. Pseudonym: “M. M. H.” Born c. 1820. Advocate
of women’s education and employment opportunities. Contributed to *Ainsworth’s Magazine*
and *The Mirror*. Author of the novel *Helen Stanley* (1846). Translator and editor
of *The Works of George Sand* (1847) with Eliza A. Ashurst. Translator of *Fadette*
(1851). Lived in a partnership with Charlotte Cushman, whom she meet after a brief
attempt at a career on the stage. They travelled together around the United States,
London, and Rome (1849-1857). Returned to London alone and founded *English Woman’s
Journal* with Bessie Rayner Parkes and Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, but was forced
out in 1864. Co-founder of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women and the
Victoria Press. Entered into a relationship with Adelaide Procter in the early 1860s
until the latter’s death in 1864. Began receiving a pension from the Royal Literary
Fund in 1866. Acquainted with William Charles Macready and Mary Howitt. Biographical
information: *ODNB*. (CC)