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Treatise on Domestic Economy
Catharine Beecher contributes to the domestic science movement by writing her Treatise on Domestic Economy. Link text -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
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. Link text -
First Land Grant University
The first Land Grant University in the United States was Kansas State University. It was established on February 16, 1863 and officially opened on September 2, 1863. Link text -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
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School Lunch Program
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First Lake Placid Conference
First Lake Placid Conference was held and the American Home Economics Association was created. Link text -
Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University
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Ellen Richards dies
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Smith-Lever Act of 1914
The Smith-Lever 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. Link text -
Occupational Therapy became a profession
OT became a profession when the National society for Promotion of Occupational Therapy (now known as American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)) was established. Link text -
ADA was founded
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Smith-Hughes Act of 1917
Smith-Hughes Act, formally National Vocational Education Act, U.S. legislation, adopted in 1917, that provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. Link text -
Journal of Home Economics published
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Agnes Faye Morgan
Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of Department of Home Economics at University of California Berkley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt First Nutritional Congress -
Vocational Acts of 1963 & 1968
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 extend the work of the 1963 amendments, but the emphasis has changed from occupations to peopleLink text -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. Link text -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Equity Act of 1963, required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. Link text -
Name change to FACS
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UCA changes name to FACS
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Carl Perkins Act
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV) is a principal source of federal funding to states and discretionary grantees for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs across the nation. Link text
