“How important that woman should be developed like man; that her education should be comprehensive; that she should be honored and respected; and she should have perfect liberty to follow the vocation which comes to her from God, and of which she alone is judge. I shall always advocate education for woman, and were I to say whether the sons or daughters of the family shall be educated, I would say, ‘The girls by all means,’ for if mothers are educated, sons are bound to be.’”

– Eliza Calkin Smith (1821-1900), immigrant, pioneer, Primary president, Relief Society president, quoted in The Witness of Women, by Janiece Johnson and Jennifer Reeder