She was brought up in Westminster after her father died and her mother was left a pauper.
On 25 February 1722 she married John Cooper, a Covent Garden auctioneer specialising in Art and books.
[1] Cooper created an anthology of poetry The Muses' Library (1737), which gathered together English verse from the 11th to the 16th century, covering Edward the Confessor to Samuel Daniel.
[2] She achieved this by contacting the family of artists[1] and due to the goodwill of William Oldys.
[3] Despite its readability and the inclusion of relevant biographies, the book was not a commercial success, and it failed to pay for a second volume by Cooper on poetic theory.