FCCLA History

  • Benjamin Thompson

    First to label nutrition as a science
  • Ellen S. Richards

    Founder graduate and chemistry faculty member
  • Benjamin Thomas

    Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World’s
    Fair.
  • Lake Placid Conference

    • eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, NY -Decided that "Home Economics" be the new name for their study
  • March 1944

    29 Home Economics (presently known as Family and Consumer Sciences) leaders met in Chicago, IL with the idea of creating one National Student Organization.
  • June 11, 1945

    Future Homemakers Of America (FHA) was officially founded at a convention in Chicago, IL.
  • July 1980

    The National Board of Directors approved the purchase of land on which they built the national headquarters and leadership center in Reston, VA.
  • Clara Belle Dristane Williams

    awarded honorary doctorate degree from New Mexico
    State University who apologized for treatment as a student
  • Clara Belle Drisdane Williams

    awarded honorary doctorate degree from New Mexico
    State University who apologized for treatment as a student
  • September 28, 1981

    The official groundbreaking ceremony was held at the building site in Reston, Va
  • July 1983

    The national headquarters and leadership center was dedicated during the 1983 National Leadership Meeting in Washington D.C.
  • Fall 1983

    National FCCLA began hosting a series of regional cluster meeting across the United States.
  • Fall 1983

    National FCCLA began began hosting a series of regional cluster meetings across the United States.
  • September 2003

    ¨The ultimate leadership Experience¨ tagline was adopted.
  • September 2003

    ¨The ultimate leadership experience.¨ tagline was adopted.
  • September 2005

    The first all four color Teen times was sent to all nationally affiliated FCCLA.
  • July 2019

    33 STAR Events were offered in additions to FCCLA/LifeSmarts knowledge Bowl at FCCLA´s 2019 National Leadership convention