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Ellen Swallow Richards [1842-1911] American

Rank: 104
Scientist, Chemist

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.

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If you keep your feathers well oiled the water of criticism will run off as from a duck's back.		101
New England is the home of all that is good and noble with all her sternness and uncompromising opinions.		102
You cannot make women contented with cooking and cleaning and you need not try.		103
Work is a sovereign remedy for all ills, and a man who loves to work will never be unhappy.		104
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.		105
The only trouble here is they won't let us study enough. They are so afraid we shall break down and you know the reputation of the College is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without ruining their health?		106
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.		107
I prefer surveying for a week to spending a week in fashionable society even of the best class.		108
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.		109

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