Poet and fiction writer. Alternative signature: “A. D. T. Whitney.” Married Seth D.
Whitney in 1843. Began publishing in the 1850s in newspapers. Opposed women’s suffrage.
Author of several works for children, including *Mother Goose for Grown Folks* (1859),
*Boys at Chequasset* (1862) and *Faith Gartney’s Girlhood* (1863). Biographical information:
*Encyclopedia Britannica* <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adeline-Dutton-Train-Whitney>
(24 June 2021); *Representative Poetry Online* <https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/poets/whitney-adeline-dutton-train>
(24 June 2021). (DD)