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1. In 1862, the first moril act was created
- This was created to help federal land grant universities in the teaching of mechanical and agricultural techniques.
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Land Grant universities were created
These are used to teach higher education of agriculture and home education. -
University of Arkansas
The first land grant university in Arkansas was founded, and is now known as the university of Arkansas. -
Arkansas Pine Bluff was founded
The 2nd land grant in Arkansas, Arkansas Pine Bluff was founded -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards was the first women admitted to MIT and completed her bachelors degree. -
Caroline Hunt
Caroline Hunt was named the first Home economics professor at Wisconsin, but due to the controversial topics of the time only had a 5 year tenure there. -
Sports Nutrition
Atwater started studying protein intake on what is believed to be the first known studies of sports nutrition. -
Consumer Economics was born
Consumer economics was born, otherwise known as the start of family and consumer sciences. -
Consumer Economics
Ellen Swallow Richards founded this, becoming the founder of what is now family and consumer sciences. -
Martha Rensaeler
Martha rensaeler started a program for rural women who were trained in everyday tasks, eventually getting their numbers into the 20,000s. -
Smith-lever act
The smith- lever act of 1914 started a federal law that gave extensive services to land grant universities, which helped inform people on the current state of home economics, among other topics. -
The academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
In 1917, a group of women found the Academy of Nutrition and dietetics, which since has overseen the studies of food and gives out recommendations on different topics as more studies are done. -
The Smith-Hughes act
The Smith Hughes act of 1917 started a program to promote precollege studies of agricultural and industrial trade to rural Americans -
The Vocational Act of 1963
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
The vocational education amendments
The vocational education amendments shifted the focus from the jobs to the people of the previous act. There is now a 5 year program that is plan that must be submitted. -
Modern Sports Nutrition
In the start of the 1970’s, modern sports nutrition was started, with an emphasis on distance runners and cyclists. This is where the start of modern sports nutrition comes from. -
The vocational amendment
The vocational amendment of 1973 eliminated any discrimination based on disabilities. -
The vocational amendment of 1976
The vocational amendment of 1976 required states to put in place programs to eliminate gender bias -
Sports Nutrition was officially recognized as a field of study
In 1980, Sports nutrition was officially recognized as a field, and more widescale studies were conducted. -
Carl D Perkins Act
The Carl D Perkins act was started in 1984, and was used to increase the quality of technical education in the United states.
