b. 1 September 1791. d. 10 June 1865. Nationality: American. VIAF.
Poet and philanthropist. Née “Huntley.” Published as “Mrs. Sigourney” and “L. H. Sigourney.”
Founded a girls’ school in Norwich in 1811. Advocated for women’s education and Native
American rights. Married Charles Sigourney on 16 June 1819. Travelled to England and
France in 1840, a trip on which she based *Pleasant Memories of Pleasant Lands* (1842).
Author of *Poems* (1827), *Letters to Young Ladies* (1833), *Pocahontas and Other
Poems* (1841), and *Western Home, and Other Poems* (1854). Biographical information:
*Curran Index*, *ANB*. (SP)