Pen name accepted by publishers and/or the public. Such is the case of Peru's Clarinda, whose work was published in the early 17th century. More often, women have adopted masculine pen names. This was common in the 19th century, when women were beginning to make inroads into literature but, it was felt, would not be taken as seriously by readers as male authors. For example, Mary Ann Evans wrote under the pen name George Eliot; and Amandine Aurore Lucile Dupin, Baronne Dudevant, used the pseudonym George Sand. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë published under the names Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell respectively.
Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell Lizzie P. Evans-Hansell Eliza P. Evans-Hansell (pen names, Esta Brook, Aunt Nabby, Mrs. Peleg Newsby, Mrs. Abigail A. Evans; August 27, 1836 - March 20, 1922) was an American novelist and short-story writer from Massachusetts. Under the pen name of "Aunt Nabby", she wrote articles with dialect humor in the columns of the "Boston Commonwealth" and other newspapers, before aggregating the stories into an illustrated volume. Evans-Hansell was interested in historical and genealogical research. Eliza "Lizzie" Phelps Estabrook was born in Arlington, Massachusetts on August 27, 1836 (or August 27, 1846). She was the youngest daughter of Captain Endor and