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Catherine Beecher
Beecher began the home economics movement and became an important figure in women's education. She promoted equal access to education for women and advocated for their roles as teachers and mothers. -
Catherine Beecher
In 1841, 1845, and 1846 Beecher wrote books demonstrating her beliefs about a woman central role as mothers and educators, raising the next generation of citizens and creating a sanctuary for their families with the home. -
Justin Smith Morrill/ Morill Act of 1862
This Act was also known as the Land Grant College Act. The grant was originally intended to establish institutions in each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts. and other professions that were practical at that time. This Act was introduced by Justin Smith Morrill -
University of Arkansas and U of A Pine bluff
Land Grant universities in Arkansas -
Land Grant University Benefits of 1890
In 1890 there was a second enactment of the original act of 1862. This was to support the minority institutions in the southern states. This act enabled all southern states to have an 1890 land grant institution for all. -
W.O. Atwater
He helped to persuade the United States to fund studies of human nutrition. He also directed many studies at agricultural experiment stations throughout the country. This resulted in a publication 2600 chemical analysis of American Foodstuffs. -
Caroline Hunt
She was appointed the first professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1903. -
Cooperative Extension services
The mission is to strengthen agriculture, communities, and families by connecting trusted research to the adoption of best practices. This is apart of the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture and is located in all 75 counties. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
Introduced the agricultural extension program at Cornell, designed to educate farmers in the latest scientific advances. Due to the success of the female extension work, Cornell decided to offer full-time economics courses. -
Ellen H. Richards Founder
Ellen H. Richards founded the AHEA. She was the first female graduate and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her insight introduced the development of the Family and consumer sciences profession. -
The Start of Home Economics
In 1899 Eleven people gathered in New York for a conference at Lake Placid. The developed a new field called Home Economics. Ten of these annual meetings happened before the American Home Economics association emerged in 1909. The new organization was charted on January 1, 1910. -
Smith- Lever Act of 1914
This Act established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land- grant universities to educate rural Americans about the advances in agriculture practices and technology. These advances helped to increase American agricultural productivity throughout the 20th century. -
Smith- Hughes Act of 1917
This Act made the quality of life better for not only for America's rural and farm families but also for families across the globe that was fed and clothed by the American farmer. This Act provided federal aid to the states in the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in home economics. -
The Betty Lamp
This became the symbol of the American Home economics Association. This lamp considered to hold the light for all households and make it better which is why they named it the betty lamp. They used this as the symbol. -
USDA established
The USDA Bureau of Home economics became the bureau of nutrition and home economics. -
Vocational education Act of 1963
This was implemented by John F. Kennedy, who had set up an advisory board for the evaluation of and make recommendations about existing vocational education programs in America. This Act replaced the Smith- Hughes Act and reduced federal control and introduced the idea of work-study programs. This also implemented gender equity. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This Amendment was to extend the work of the Vocational Act of 1963. The emphasis was changed from occupants to people. National and State advisory Councils are required. Each state must provide a plan consisting of administrative policies, procedures, and a five-year program plan. -
Vocational Amendment of 1972
The Higher Education Amendment prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions receiving federal aid. -
Vocational education Act Amendment of 1976
States were required to receive federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs that would eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. This also permitted the allocation of federal funds to programs for single heads of households, homemakers, part-time workers seeking full-time jobs and people seeking jobs in other nontraditional jobs for their gender. -
Name Change FACS
In 1994 the organization changed its name to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
Carl Perkins Act
This Act will provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and post-secondary education. This will also improve state and local accountability. -
Celebration 100 years
100-year celebration of the FACS profession.
