In this age of innovation perhaps no experiment will have an influence more important on the character and happiness of our society than the granting to females the advantages of a systematic and thorough education.
Source: Editorial in The Ladies' Magazine, 1828.
-- Sarah Josepha Hale, (Oct 24 1788-1879), US journalist, author, poet; She was the author of Mary had a Little Lamb, and the first woman magazine editor in the U.S.