Eliza Farnham
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General Information
Name: Eliza FarnhamPen Name: Eliza Wood Farnham, Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham, and Eliza Woodson (Burnhan) Farnham
Genre: Non-Fiction
Born: November 17, 1815 in Rensselaerville, New York
Died: December 15, 1864 in New York City, New York
Celebrated on the Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building
"The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become aquainted wtih Truth" - Eliza Farnham, Woman and Her Era
Illinois Connection
- Eliza lived in Tazwell County near Pekin, Illinois.
Biographical and Professional Information
- Eliza Farnham was a novelist, feminist and activist for prison reform. Her fame as an Illinois writer rests upon her work Life in the Prairie Land (1846), an account of the nearly five years she spent living in the prairie land of Tazewell County, Illinois near Pekin between 1836 and 1840.
Published Works
- Life in Prairie Land, 1846 - reprinted in 1988 by University of Illinois Press
- California, In-doors and Out, 1856 - reprinted in 1972 by Coronet Books
- My Early Days, 1859
- Woman and Her Era, 1864
- The Ideal Attained, 1865
Titles for Purchase and at Your Library
Literary Awards
In 1990, her name was engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures.
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