Mary Florence Hodge

Mary Florence Hodge is a little-documented author whose name survives most clearly through A Little Girl’s Cookery Book, listed by Project Gutenberg as a work by Caroline French Benton and Mary Florence Hodge. The book is a children’s cookbook from the early 20th century, designed to make cooking feel manageable and inviting for young readers.

Because reliable biographical information about Hodge is scarce in the sources available here, it is safest to describe her as a co-author or contributor rather than make broader claims about her life or career. What can be said with confidence is that her name remains attached to a charming domestic guide that helped present cooking as both a useful skill and a source of fun for children.

For modern listeners and readers, Hodge’s appeal is tied to that sense of practicality and encouragement. Even with so little known about her personally, her surviving work offers a small but vivid window into how food, learning, and everyday home life were introduced to young people in her era.