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Marion Talbot
Born in 1858 she worked towards equal opportunities for men and women at the university of Chicago. She was the head of the department of Household administration. -
Land Grant University
University that are on lands that the government gave for colleges based off the Morrill acts, -
Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act of 1862
Established the land grant acts -
University of Arkansas
Land Grant University established in 1871 -
Benjamin Andrews
Known for his work in home economics at Cornell University -
USDA's Bureau of Animal Industry
Created to regulate the use of diseased animals for food. -
Ellen Richards
Know as the founder of the FACs Profession. One of the things that I think is the coolest thing she has done is the founding of the New England Kitchen in 1890. -
W.O. Atwater
Known for his work in nutrition science and he created calorimeter which turned into him creating a system in 1896 for caloric values -
Caroline Hunt
Appointed first home economic professor at the University of Wisconsin -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Start of the regulation of foods other than meat and poultry now structured as the FDA -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
It created the co-op extension service. It extended the outreach programs through the land grant universities. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Federal aid is provided to promote precollegiate vocational programs like home economics. -
AAFCS Symbol
Was adopted by AHEA. Known as the Betty lamp -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
Expand the role of vocational education and the programs received more money -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Addressed the nations problems and continued funding for student with disabilities or student who were at risk. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Prohibits discrimination based on a person disability. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Created to overcome sex discrimination and bias, and a program evaluation every 5 years -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Land grant university established in 1980 -
Carl Perkins Act
Established in 1984 to promote Career and technical programs in secondary and post secondary schools. -
Family and Consumer Science
In 1994 Home Economic became known as Family and Consumer Science
