Ellen Richards

By ainsleytippen

  • first label

    first to label nutrition as a science. (Benjamin Thomson)
  • Birth

    Birth

    She was born in 1842.

  • graduate

    She graduated MIT and was a chemistry faculty member.
  • Testing

    Testing

    She used her home as a laboratory, for testing nutrition.
  • products

    products

    She began product standards and testing.
  • extension

    extension

    She began groundwork for the extension service.
  • policies

    policies

    There were very important person in getting policies and legislation passed.
  • lunch program

    lunch program

    She led the beginnings of the school lunch program in 1894.

  • nutritious

    nutritious lunches were sold
  • Death

    Death

    Ellen died in 1911.

  • FACS

    29 home economics leaders met in Chicago with the idea of creating on national student organization.

  • FHA

    Future homemakers of america was officially founded at a convention in Chicago.

  • membership

    membership peaked at 607,175.

  • ceremony

    a groundbreaking ceremony was held.