Lydia Sigourney
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican poet (1791-1865)
Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century. " She had a long career as a literary expert, publishing 52 books and in over 300 periodicals in her lifetime.
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Engraving of Lydia Sigourney
Sigourney, photographed by Mathew Brady
A memorial to the Native Americans who were killed at the Battle of Mississinewa in Jalapa, Indiana, with a quote from Sigourney. The monument was installed in 1988.
Landing at Jamestown, an engraving by A.L. Dick, was used as the frontispiece of Pocahontas and Other Poems.Awards 1
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Prudence CrandallAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Beatrix FarrandAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Constance Baker MotleyAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Maria W. StewartAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Katharine Martha Houghton HepburnAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Lillian VernonAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of FameAbout this person
Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley, was an American poet, author, and publisher during the early and mid 19th century. She was commonly known as the "Sweet Singer of Hartford." She had a long career as a literary expert, publishing 52 books and in over 300 periodicals in her lifetime. While some of her works were signed anonymously, most of her works were published with just her married name Mrs. Sigourney. During the lyceum movement that flourished in the United States in the 19th century, women named literary societies and study clubs in her honor.
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