A. B. Whitney

Adeline Dutton Train Whitney, who also published as A. D. T. Whitney, was born in Boston in 1824 and became a well-known American poet and writer. She was educated in Boston and later married Seth Dunbar Whitney in 1843.

She wrote more than 20 books, many aimed at girls, and her work was notably popular during her lifetime. Among her books are Faith Gartney's Girlhood, Leslie Goldthwaite, We Girls, and Real Folks, along with early verse collections such as A Book of Rhymes.

Her fiction is remembered for its warm attention to home life, friendship, faith, and the choices facing young women. Although her name is less familiar today than it once was, she remains an interesting figure in 19th-century American literature for readers curious about classic girls' fiction.