Ellen Swallow Richards quotes

Ellen Swallow Richards was an American scientist and pioneer in the fields of chemistry and home economics. Her work laid the foundation for environmental engineering and the improvement of public health through clean water and sanitation. She was the first woman admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and championed education for women in science. Here are 8 of her quotes:

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

Ellen Swallow Richards

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 shouldbe a comfort and a protection.

Ellen Swallow Richards

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

Ellen Swallow Richards

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

Ellen Swallow Richards

Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.

Ellen Swallow Richards

We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.

Ellen Swallow Richards

I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.

Ellen Swallow Richards