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Ellen Swallow Richards was born
Ellen was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition. She was the first woman in America accepted to any school of science and technology, and the first American woman to obtain a degree in chemistry. -
Wilbur Atwater was born
Wilbur Atwater was an American chemist known to his studies of human nutrition and metabolism. He is credited with developing the Atwater system, laying the groundwork, in the 19th century, for the science of nutrition in the United States and inspiring modern Olympic nutrition. -
Morill Act of 1862
The Morill Act of 1862 established federal funding for universities by land that would be distributed to at least one university in each state. The schools were to be known as “Land grant Schools”. In Arkansas there are the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
She was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics, which led to the establishment of the New York State College of Human Ecology in Ithaca, New York. Van Rensselaer served as an educator and proponent of the application of knowledge to improved quality of life in the home. She called the field of study “domestic science” and focused on key aspects of homemaking. -
Mary B. Welch
Taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students. -
Land Grant Universities in AR
The University of Arkansas In Fayetteville is one of the two land grants in AR and was built 1871 and opened in 1872. Also, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a land grant. -
Chemistry of cooking and cleaning: A manual for housekeepers
Ellen Richards publishes the book Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A manual for housekeepers. -
The Hatch Act of 1887
The Hatch Act expanded the land-grant program to include federal funding to research and experiment stations. -
Founding of American Home Economics Association
It is an American professional association that networks professionals in the area of family and consumer science. It was founded in 1908 as the American Home Economics Association by Ellen Richards. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith Lever Act of 1914 established a system to connect cooperative extension services to Land-grant universities. The cooperative extension services were to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith Hughes Act of 1917 promoted vocational agriculture to train people “who have entered upon or who are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm,” and provided federal funds for this purpose. Was the first vocational education act to isolate the vocational education from other parts of the comprehensive high school curriculum. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This act provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Carl Perkins Act of 1990
The Carl Perkins Act of 1990 provided vocational education to those disadvantage students and give a “school-to-work” two-year programs at community colleges by reauthorizing the 1984 Perkins Act and increased vocational education funding through 1995 to $1.6 billion. -
The Name Change
AHEA voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
FCS Day!
A day to celebrate Family and Consumer Sciences. It is celebrated on Ellen Richard’s birthday.
