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Catherine Beecher opened the Hartford Female Seminary. It was one of the first major educational institutions for women.
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Edward Youman wrote the book Household Science. It was an account of heat, light, air, ailment, and cleansing in their scientific principles and domestic applications.
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President Lincoln signed the Morrill Act. It granted land to every territory and state in America to use for higher education.
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The University of Arkansas was formed in 1862, it was the first land grant university built in Arkansas. In 1873, the second land grant university, The University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff was built.
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Boston public schools began offering domestic sciences classes.
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Ellen Swallow Richards performed the great sanitary survey - leading to the first state water quality standards in America.
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Ellen swallow Richards coined the term "oekology". It was eventually renamed to be ecology.
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First girl's tomato club (later known as 4H) was created. This program taught girls how to grow and preserve food.
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The Smith Lever Act was established. It created a national cooperative extension service that extended outreach programs in land grant universities. These extension services taught rural Americans about agriculture and technology.
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The Smith Hughes Act was passed by Congress. It promoted vocational education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking by using federal funds.
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The university urged men and women to take parenting classes.
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The Bureau of Home economics was formed. It was a division of the US Department of Agriculture that supported homemaking. Louise Stanley was the first head of the bureau.
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Agnes Fay Morgan was an American biochemist who pioneered the development of home economics as a scientific discipline. She was the only woman on the nine member Committee on experiment station organization and policy of the United States Department of Agriculture. The committee guided research in agriculture.
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The Carl Perkins Act was created to provide individuals with the technical and academic skills needed to be successful in a knowledge and skills based economy.
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The Scottsdale Conference changed the name of the AHEA to AAFCS.
