Surname: Whitney Forename(s): Adeline Dutton Train b. 1824. d. 1906. Nationality: American. VIAF.
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).
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