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Mary B Welch
From 1875 to 1883, she was the organizer and head of the Department of Domestic Economy at Iowa State. -
Wilbur Olin Atwater
Wilbur Olin Atwater was an American chemist known for his human nutrition and metabolism studies, and is considered to be the founder of modern science and education in nutrition. -
Isabel Bevier
She was one of the pioneers in the development of the scientific research known today as home economics of women's work in the home. -
Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act of 1862
In order to support the agricultural and mechanical arts, the Morrill Act of 1862 set aside federal land to establish colleges. -
Land Grant University
An institution that has been designated by its state legislature or Congress to obtain the benefits of the Morrill Acts is a land-grant college or university. The goal was to teach agriculture, military tactics, mechanical arts, and classical studies in order to provide a liberal, practical education to members of the working class. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
Co-Founding Director of the College of Home Economics, which contributed to the establishment in Ithaca, New York of the New York State College of Human Ecology -
Arkansas Land Grant
The University of Arkansas was the first and only Land Grant University -
Lake Placid Conference
First conference held to discuss home economics education. -
Ellen Shallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richards founded the American Home Economics Association -
American Home Economics Association
The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) was formed -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith-Lever Act created a national Cooperative Extension Service that expanded outreach services to educate rural Americans about advancements in agricultural practices and technology through land-grant universities. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
That provided the States with federal aid to encourage pre-college vocational education in agricultural and industrial trade and home economics. -
American Dietetic Association
American Dietetic Association was founded -
The Vocational Education Act of 1963
The 1963 Vocational Education Act offered grants to states to sustain, expand, and establish programs for vocational-technical education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 and 1973
Addressed the social and economic challenges of the country and continued support for at-risk or disadvantaged students. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
States receiving federal funds for vocational education and training have been required to establish and enforce activities and services to remove gender disparity, stereotyping and discrimination in vocational education and training. -
Carl Perkins Act
Focusing on access for particular populations, including women, minorities and special needs, continued, and added an emphasis on enhancing the program. -
Family and Consumer Science
The association, other organizations, and programs decided to change the name of the field to family and consumer sciences from home economics to more accurately reflect the complexity of the profession -
Family and Consumer Science Body of Knowledge
The FCS Body of Knowledge was created -
Centennial celebration
100 year celebration held nationally for the arganization AAFCS
