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For 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 Richards

Some sort of false logic has crept into our schools, for the people whom I have seen doing housework or cooking know nothing of botany or chemistry, and the people who know botany and chemistry do not cook or sweep. The conclusion seems to be, if one knows chemistry she must not cook or do housework.

Ellen Swallow Richards

Ellen Swallow Richards

Ellen Swallow Richards

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Born: December 3, 1842

Died: March 30, 1911 (aged 68)

Bio: Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was an industrial and environmental chemist in the United States during the 19th century.

Known for:

The chemistry of cooking and cleaning (1881)
The art of right living
The Cost of Shelter (1905)
Food materials and their adulterations (1886)

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