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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 injuring their health.

Source: Letter to her mother, Sep 1868; http://depts.vassar.edu/~anthro/bianco/hidden/ellen.html.
-- Ellen Swallow Richards, (Dec 3 1842-1911), US chemist, ecologist; Her innovative studies of air, water, food created disciplines of sanitary engineering and home economics; first U.S. woman to earn B.A. in chemistry.

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