page_title: Matilda Hays
hierarchical_section_title: Matilda Hays
caption_attribution_description: English: Daguerreotype of actors Charlotte Cushman (1816-1876) and Matilda Hays (1820-1897). Dated 1858 by source. TC-19, Harvard Theatre Collection, Harvard University
context_page_description: Matilda Mary Hays was a 19th-century English writer, journalist and part-time actress. With Elizabeth Ashurt, 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.
context_section_description: Matilda Mary Hays (8 September 1820 – 3 July 1897) was a 19th-century English writer, journalist and part-time actress. With Elizabeth Ashurt, 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.
caption: Matilda Hays (standing) with Charlotte Cushman, 1858
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