Lydia H. H. Sigourney (1791-1865)

Haight, Gordon S. Mrs. Sigourney, the Sweetest Singer of Hartford. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1930. After studying Sigourney's poetry, the author con­cludes that "posterity had judged fairly in denying her fame." She was famous because of her wide acquaintance with people during the first half of the nineteenth century. A scholarly study with citations, but no bibliography and a poor index; good canon of Sigourney's works, however.

Wood, Ann Douglass. "Mrs. Sigourney and the Sensibility of the Inner Space." New England Quarterly 45(June, 1972)2:163-81. Sigourney was "never an out­right spokesman for her countrywomen's rights, but she was a shining example and tireless champion of their fantasy life."