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Count Rumford creates the first temperature control range
Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford) created the first range with temperature controls. Also the first to label nutrition as a science -
Catherine Beecher coined the term "domestic science"
Catherine Beecher, who wrote multiple text books on FCS history wrote, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" in which she coins the term "domestic sciences" to explain Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) -
First Morrill Act
First Morrill Act passed which provided land grants to establish colleges -
Kansas State established as the first land-grant university
K-state became the first land grant university under the Cooperative Extension Services -
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville becomes Arkansas' first land grant university
Originally named Arkansas Industrial University before changing to the present name in 1899, the university became Arkansas' first land grant university -
Ellen Swallow Richards Graduates MIT
Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman to graduate MIT with a Bachelors of Science -
W.O. Atwater reports to the Department of Agriculture
W.O. Atwater, also known as the father of nutrition who practiced chemistry as a professor at Wesleyan between 1873 to 1907, wrote a report to the department of Agriculture asking for funding for agriculture experiment stations. -
Hatch Act
Hatch Act passed which provided $15,000 a year for state establish agriculture education and included research on multiple areas relating to FCS -
2nd Morrill Act passed
Morrill act was expanded to provided land grants to African Americans and forbade racial discrimination for provisions -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff becomes Arkansas' second land grant university
Originally established in 1873 as a black college named Branch Normal College, the second Morrill Act made expansions for this school possible to include FCS education. -
Rumford Kitchen
Ellen Swallow Richards opens the Rumford Kitchen (named after Benjamin Thomas) at the Chicago World's Fair which promoted sanitation and nutritive and cost value of foods -
Ellen Swallow Richards begins School Lunch Program
Her goal was to improve science of food and nutrition and show its impact on the body. Aimed to give every child the same lunch opportunities -
First Lake Placid Conference
At this historical conference that was held yearly between 1899 to 1909, 11 leaders in FCS history, including Ellen Swallow Richards, met to set the framework for FCS as a science. It was also here that nutrition was first discussed as a domestic science -
Education Beyond 8th grade
States began to back education beyond the 8th grade which began secondary education programs including vocational training. -
W.O. Atwater Dies
W.O. Atwater the father of nutrition passes away -
American Home Economics Association (AHEA) emerged
The AHEA organization emerged as a result of the Lake Placid Conference -
CF Langworthy begins the Journal of Home Economics
CF Langworthy begins the first journal in the field of economics entitled the Journal of Home Economics -
Smith-Lever Act
It expanded Cooperative Extension Services to include Family and Consumer Sciences -
Smith-Hughes Act
Formerly known as the National Vocational Education Act, it established Family and Consumer Sciences as CTE vocational education -
Lulu graves becomes the first president of the American Dietetics Association
The association was founded in 1917 and the first president was Lulu Graves, who studied nutrition during WWI -
Land Grant Universities
Home Economics sections are added to land grant universities -
Betty Lamp adopted as the symbol for American Home Economics Association
The Betty Lamp became the symbol for the AHEA, and continues as the symbol for the AAFCS today -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams graduates New Mexico State Univ.
She was the first African American woman to graduate the college of agriculture and mechanic arts. -
Carl D. Perkins Act/ Vocational Education Act
provided federal funds for vocational training (CTE) schools. Renamed the Carl Perkins Act in 1984 -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
authorizes funds for the establishment of vocational education activities at the Federal, State and local educational levels. It essentially replaced the Smith-Hughes Act -
Vocational Amendments of 1968
Mandated vocational programs for the disabled and handicapped. Provided consumer homemaking by contract -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Focused aid to those with any type of disability to be included in vocational training -
Food Guide Pyramid introduced
First American Food Guide Pyramid was established as a visual for global nutrition recommendations by the USDA -
American Home Economics Association becomes American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
The AHEA becomes AAFCS to expand and update what home economic sciences include -
UCA changes name of home economics to FCS
University of Central Arkansas changes the name of home economics classes to FCS classes -
Food Guide Pyramid changes to MyPyramid
USDA changes the food guide pyramid to MyPyramid to include a more balanced diet -
Betty Lamp Updated
The AAFCS Betty Lamp symbol was updated -
MyPyramid changes to MyPlate
the USDA changes MyPyramid visual to MyPlate visual to promote better nutrition from an initiative by First Lady Michelle Obama