Eliza's earliest miniatures date from the late 1820s and are similar in style to her sister's work, although not as technically advanced.

Women's educational opportunities were limited at the time and where Goodridge lived, so she was essentially a self-taught artist.

[2] Goodridge probably began her career in Boston working with her sister, but spent most of her life in the central part of Massachusetts.

[3] The American Antiquarian Society's portrait collection contains the largest representation – 12 images – of Eliza Goodridge's known work.

[5] In 1849, at the age of fifty-one, Goodridge married Colonel Ephraim Stone, who owned a general store and sawmill in Templeton.