You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.
Ellen Swallow RichardsNew England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.
Ellen Swallow RichardsI am succeeding quite well in my work and the future looks well. What special mission is God preparing me for? Cutting off all earthly ties and isolating me as it were.
Ellen Swallow RichardsThe well-educated young woman of 1950 will blend art and sciences in a way we do not dream of; the science will steady the art andthe art will give charm to the science. This young woman will marry--yes, indeed, but she will take her pick of men, who will by that time have begun to realize what sort of men it behooves them to be.
Ellen Swallow RichardsI often think that all the difficulties we encounter only give us the more strength if we keep hold of our work, and we must not now give up while in the prime of life. It is best to keep trying, and by and by the opportunity will come. If we have given up, then we shall not be ready for it when it does come.
Ellen Swallow Richards