Author: Eliza W. Burhans
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781533642974
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Languages : en
Pages : 188
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Eliza Farnham (November 17, 1815 - December 15, 1864) was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform Her maiden name was in Rensselaerville, New York. She moved to Illinois in 1835, and there married Thomas J. Farnham in 1836, but returned to New York in 1841.In 1844, through the influence of Horace Greeley and other reformers, she was appointed matron of the women's ward at Sing Sing Prison. She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners. Farnham was influential in changing the types of reading materials available to women prisoners. The purpose of her choices was not entertainment but improving behavior. Controversy over her choices and beliefs Farnham resigned in 1848. She also advocated using music and kindness in the rehabilitation of female prisoners. She retained the office of matron until 1848, when she moved to Boston, and was for several months connected with the management of the Institution for the Blind. In 1849 she visited California, and remained there until 1856, when she returned to New York. For the two years following, she devoted herself to the study of medicine, and in 1859 organized a society to assist destitute women in finding homes in the west, taking charge in person of several companies of this class of emigrants. She subsequently returned to California. She died from consumption in New York City at the age of 49
Author: Eliza Wood Farnham
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Author: Eliza Woodson Burhans Farnham
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Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Author: Eliza W Farnham
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004617310
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 434
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 28
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Contains brief sketches of the 35 authors whose names are etched into the Illinois State Library building's fourth-floor frieze.
Author: Eliza W. Farnham
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781016064927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Author: Eliza Woodson Burhans 1815-186 Farnham
Publisher: Andesite Press
ISBN: 9781298611932
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: James Hurt
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Contains brief sketches of the 35 authors whose names are etched into the Illinois State Library building's fourth-floor frieze.
Author: Eliza Woodson Farnham
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
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