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First FACS Text Book
Catherine Beecher wrote, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy", which became the first Family and Consumer Science test book that was recognized by the Department of Education. -
Justin Smith Morril/ Morril Act of 1862
This act was established to provide grants of land to states in order to finance higher education. -
Land Grant University
These universities are United States institutes of higher education that were given federal land by the Morrill Act of 1862. -
W.O. Atwater
Atwater received his PhD from Yale in 1869 for his studies on the chemical composition of corn. -
Ellen Richards
Richards managed to lobby for funding for the creation of a women's only laboratory at MIT. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville becomes a land grant university. -
Land Grant University in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff becomes a land grant university. -
Agricultural Experimental Station
W.O. Atwater studied the effects of fertilizers in farming and established the first agricultural experimental station in the United States while he was a professor of Chemistry at Wesleyan College. -
Beginnings of School Lunch Program
The first major school lunch program started in the year of 1894 in high schools due to Ellen Richards and Edward Atkinson. -
The Rumford Kitchen
Named after Count Rumford and organized by Ellen Richards, the kitchen was used to demonstrate the making of scientifically prepared meals, which were then displayed with their nutrient information and cost. -
Lake Placid Conference
The first meeting of contemporaries in the field of home economics was held at the Lake Placid Club in 1899. -
Caroline Hunt
She was appointed as the first professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
Van Rensselaer along with Flora Rose was invited to head the Department of Home Economics at Cornell University. -
The 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 advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
Flora Rose
After the efforts from Rose and Van Rensselaer Cornell University made the department of Home Economics independent from the agriculture school, creating a separate School of Home Economics. -
"A Manual of Home Making"
Canon, Rose, and Van Rensselaer co-wrote "A Manual of Home Making", a widely read text on home management. -
Helen Canon
In 1915, she came to Cornell to assist Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose with reading courses designed for New York State farm homemakers. She was also an extension instructor in home economics at Cornell. In 1928, she received her M.S. in Consumer Economics. She was appointed the first head of the Department of Economics of the Household and Household Management at Cornell. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This was enacted by congress to offer new and expanded vocational education programs to bring job training into harmony with the industrial, economic, and social realities of today and the needs for tomorrow. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
This act is an extends vocational education services to people with disabilities. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment was the first civil rights legislation in the United States designed to protect individuals with disabilities from discrimination based on their disability status. -
Carl Perkins Act
Named after Carl D. Perkins, this act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. -
New Name for the Profession
AHEA voted to change the name of the profession Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences.
