The Faculty [of Vassar] do not consider it a mere experiment any longer that girls can be educated as well as boys.
Ellen Swallow RichardsFor this knowledge of right living, we have sought a new name... . As theology is the science of religious life, and biology the science of [physical] life ... so let Oekology be henceforth the science of [our] normal lives ... the worthiest of all the applied sciences which teaches the principles on which to found... healthy... and happy life.
Ellen Swallow RichardsThe most conventional customs cling to the table. Farmers who wouldn't drive a horse too hard expect pie three times a day.
Ellen Swallow Richards