FACS History

By Christinazavala

  • Justin Smith Morrill//Morrill Act of 1862

    Justin Smith Morrill//Morrill Act of 1862
    More colleges were built with this act. They were able to make them with the proceeds of federal land sales.

  • Land Grant University

    Land Grant University
    They were to extend educational opportunities that promoted agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy. This was later known as home economics.

  • Ellen got admitted into Vassar College

    Ellen got admitted into Vassar College
    She was called a "special student'

  • Mary B. Welch taught a home economics class

    Mary B. Welch taught a home economics class
    She taught this course to women at Iowa State College and was believed to be the first effort to teach a home economics class.

  • Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
    University of Arkansas
    University of Arkansas Pine Bluff

  • First Meeting

    First Meeting
    American Home Economics Association was created and Ellen Richards was appointed as the first president.

  • 4-H

    4-H
    The first girls tomato club was created through Agricultural Extension by Marie Cromer

  • Smith Lever Act of 1914

    Smith Lever Act of 1914
    The act established the Cooperative Extension Service. It also required all land grant universities to establish an Agricultural Experiment Station.

  • Smith Hughes Act of 1917

    Smith Hughes Act of 1917
    This set vocational education apart from high school curriculum and also got federal funds. It is now called career and technical education (CTE).

  • Symbol

    Symbol
    The Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as their symbol.

  • Food Corporations

    Food Corporations
    Home economists were employed to create recipes for others in the classroom

  • George-Dean Act

    George-Dean Act
    Authorized appropriations of 4 million dollars to each field

  • Appliances

    Appliances
    The first electric stove and refrigerator were purchased for the department.

  • Caroline L. Hunt

    Caroline L. Hunt
    Wrote a biography of Ellen Richards

  • Florence Low

    Florence Low
    Florence was president of AHEA and wanted to find ways to eliminate racial tensions.

  • Head Start established

    Head Start established
    It is a childcare program where you can leave your kids there, while you work. Once you get off, you pick them up. It helped a lot of moms when this came out.

  • Research and Application

    Research and Application
    Nutrition and child development expanded and information on consumer product safety increased. By doing this, different areas of specialization were created.

  • School Lunch Program

    School Lunch Program
    First lunch school program was created by Ellen Richards in Boston.

  • Carl Perkins Act

    Carl Perkins Act
    Used to support secondary and post secondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business, and technology.

  • Change of named

    Change of named
    The convention held in San Diego, California voted to change American Home Economics Association to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.