Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching Quotes

“The ventilation of the school room may be responsible for what we call stupidity on the part of the child. Let a stream of oxygen pass through the room and what a waking-up there will be.”
― Fanny Jackson Coppin, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching

“Never deprive a child of all his recess. He is not a block of wood; he needs fresh air and water and and he will not be in a condition to recite unless he has time for that.”
― Fanny Jackson Coppin, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching

“A Presbyterian minister, in speaking, told the women repeatedly that they must not assume ecclesiastical functions. This got me riled, and in reply, I tried to make it plain that the Lord God alone gives the limit to the functions of women's work.”
― Fanny Jackson Coppin, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching

“I think there is nothing in the law of God's universe that was made without ample space to move in, without trenching upon it neighbor's domain; and it may very well be said of women, that while they are and were created second, they were not only created with a body, but they were created also with a head, and they are responsible therefore to decide in certain matters and to use their own judgement,”
― Fanny Jackson Coppin, Reminiscences of School Life, and Hints on Teaching