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.
Mary Ann Hutton and in 1933 was awarded an honorary degree of D.Litt. by the National University of Ireland. Hutton died at her home at 30 William's Place Upper, Dublin on 29 August 1953. She is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery. The National Library of Ireland holds some of her correspondence. Hutton was one of the women that were the subject of the BBC Two Northern Ireland programme, "Mná na nGlinntí" (Women of the Glens). Mary Ann Hutton Mary Ann or Margaret Hutton (née Drummond; 1862 – 29 August 1953) was an Irish language scholar and writer. Mary Ann Hutton was born Mary