AAFCS

By aharry17

  • Oberlin College, 1st to admit women as degree candidates

    Oberlin College, 1st to admit women as degree candidates

  • singer sewing machine, washing machine, and evaporated milk, make life easier at home

    singer sewing machine, washing machine, and evaporated milk, make life easier at home

  • Paper made from wood pulp

    Paper made from wood pulp

  • 14th amendment adopted, giving African Americans the right to citizenship

    14th amendment adopted, giving African Americans the right to citizenship

  • Ellen Richards Graduates Vassar college in 1870, then attends MIT

    Ellen Richards Graduates Vassar college in 1870, then attends MIT

  • US population grows to 39 million

    US population grows to 39 million

  • Mary B. Welch was assigned the task of teaching home economics to women at Iowa State College

    Mary B. Welch was assigned the task of teaching home economics to women at Iowa State College

  • MIT opens it's Women's Laboratory

    MIT opens it's Women's Laboratory

  • Ellen Richards is first women elected President of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers

    Ellen Richards is first women elected President of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers

  • Land-Grant universities were developed to extend educational opportunities to promote studies in agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy

    Land-Grant universities were developed to extend educational opportunities to promote studies in agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy

  • Richards helped create the Rumford Kitchen at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

    Richards helped create the Rumford Kitchen at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago

  • Bostons becomes 1st city with school lunch program

    Bostons becomes 1st city with school lunch program

  • RIchards helps organize Lake placid conferences

    RIchards helps organize Lake placid conferences

  • Dramatic population growth occured in U.S cities during the two decades between 1880 & 1900

    Dramatic population growth occured in U.S cities during the two decades between 1880 & 1900

  • Ellen Richards founded the American Home Economics Association

    Ellen Richards founded the American Home Economics Association

  • Richards spearheaded the inception of the Journal of Home Economics

    Richards spearheaded the inception of the Journal of Home Economics

  • Smith-Lever Act established the cooperative extension service

    Smith-Lever Act established the cooperative extension service

  • Smith-Hughes Act Set vocational education apart from the regular high school curriculum and established federal funds to support vocational education (CTE)

    Smith-Hughes Act Set vocational education apart from the regular high school curriculum and established federal funds to support vocational education (CTE)

  • Perkins Act supports secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business and technology

    Perkins Act supports secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business and technology

  • Naming of AAFCS at American Home Economics Association convention, members voted to change the name of the organization to Association of Family and Consumer Sciences

    Naming of AAFCS at American Home Economics Association convention, members voted to change the name of the organization to Association of Family and Consumer Sciences