Eliza Farnham was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform. Her fame as a writer rests upon her work Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840. She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners . During a brief stint as matron of the women's ward at Sing Sing Prison, she also advocated using music and kindness in the rehabilitation of female prisoners.

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  • Eliza Farnham was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform. Her fame as a writer rests upon her work Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840. She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners . During a brief stint as matron of the women's ward at Sing Sing Prison, she also advocated using music and kindness in the rehabilitation of female prisoners.
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  • Eliza Farnham was a 19th-century American novelist, feminist, abolitionist, and activist for prison reform. Her fame as a writer rests upon her work Life in Prairie Land (1846), an account of life on the Illinois prairie near Pekin between 1836 and 1840. She strongly believed in the use of phrenology to treat prisoners . During a brief stint as matron of the women's ward at Sing Sing Prison, she also advocated using music and kindness in the rehabilitation of female prisoners.
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