The human face is the organic seat of beauty. It is the register of value in development, a record of Experience, whose legitimate office is to perfect the life, a legible language to those who will study it, of the majestic mistress, the soul.

California In-doors and Out 1856 - A chronicle of her experiences and observations on California. Woman and Her Era 1864 - "Organic religious esthetic and historical" arguments for woman's inherent superiority. Eliza Farnham (November 17 1815 – December 15 1864) was a 19th-century American novelist feminist abolitionist and activist for prison reform.

Eliza Farnham (November 17 1815 – December 15 1864) was a 19th-century American novelist feminist abolitionist and activist for prison reform.