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Catherine Beecher
Catharine Esther Beecher was an American educator known for her forthright opinions on female education as well as her vehement support of the many benefits of the incorporation of kindergarten into children's education -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics. -
Morrill Act of 1862
A major boost to higher education in America. The grant was originally set up to establish institutions is each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas-
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff -
Hatch Act 1887
The Hatch Act of 1887 gave federal funds, initially of $15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth -
Rumford's Kitchen
The exhibit known as the Rumford Kitchen is the outgrowth of the work, in the application of the principles of chemistry to the science of cooking, which has for three years been carried on as an educational agency by Mrs. Robert H. Richards and Mrs. Dr. John J. Abel, with pecuniary assistance from certain public-spirited citizens of Boston. -
Lake Placid Conference
Lake Placid Conference on Home Economics. To this conference came women
of national reputation as home makers and builders, women of
intelligence and strong common sense, to aid in the improvement of
home condition in this broad land of ours. -
Martha Rensselaer
Developed Cooperative Extension Service
Programs at Cornell University, N.Y. , 1900
President of AAFCS -
AHEA
American Home Economic Association formed. -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
Established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. These advances helped increase American agricultural productivity dramatically throughout the 20th century. -
Smith-Hughes Act of 1917
Provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. Although the law helped to expand vocational courses and enrollment, it generally did not live up to the lofty aspirations of its supporters. Historians have also pointed to its unintended effects in differentiating the secondary-education curriculum in ways that often reinforced existing class- and race-based inequalities. -
Scottsdale Conference
Professionals examined the mission,
breadth, scope, and name
New name and new conceptual
framework was released: Positioning
the Profession for the 21st Century. -
Change to FACS
In 1994, the association, other organizations, and programs decided to change the name of the field to family and consumer sciences from home economics to more accurately reflect the complexity of the profession. -
Carl Perkins Act
Act will provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education, and improve state and local accountability. This page provides current information on the Department's efforts to implement the new Act. -
FCS Day
Since 2014, nearly half a million people have committed to "Dining In" on Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS) Day!
AAFCS honors Founder Ellen Swallow Richards by celebrating FCS Day on her birthday (see the Top Ten Facts about Ellen Richards). Through the FCS Day initiative, AAFCS provides information, tools, and research on the benefits of families preparing and eating healthy meals together.
