Ellen Swallow Richards Quotes

Ellen Swallow Richards — American Scientist born on December 03, 1842, died on March 30, 1911

Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was an industrial and environmental chemist in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics. She was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition... (wikipedia)

If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.

If it is a relief to take your clothes off at night, be sure that something is wrong. Clothes should not be a burden. They should be a comfort and a protection.

You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.

New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.

Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy.