[2] Farrington was born in Tokyo on May 30, 1898; her parents were Robert and Josie Pruett, who were Christian missionaries from Tennessee.

She attended grammar schools in Nashville, Tennessee, El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, California.

After graduating from Hollywood High School, Farrington obtained a degree from Ward-Belmont Junior College of Nashville in 1916.

In 1952, Farrington was a delegate for the Territory of Hawai'i to the Republican National Convention that nominated Dwight Eisenhower to become President of the United States.

In 1956, she lost her bid for re-election to a third term in Congress and returned to her family's newspaper business in Honolulu.