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Ellen S. Richards
Founder graduate and chemistry faculty member.
Led the beginnings of the school lunch program, 1894.
Believed that science could be used to improve health and well being of people used her home as a laboratory-testing nutrition. -
Benjamin Thompson (count Rumford) 1893
First the label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's.
Rumford kitchen at the chicago worlds fair of 1893 named after rumford.
Invented the first range with temperature controls. -
Lake Placid Conference
Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, NY.
Decided that Home Economics be the new name for their study. -
Martha Rensselaer
Cornell University professor.
attended lake placid conference, 1899.
Developed cooperative extension service programs at cornell universty NY 1900. -
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. -
winter 1945
The adviser newsletter was introduced for chapter advisers. -
July 1980
The national board of directors approved the purchase of land which the build the national headquarters and leadership center in Reston,VA. -
Fall 1983
National FCCLA began hosting a series of regional cluster meetings across the Untied States. -
Fall 1984
For the first time, one copy of the teen times, FCCLA's national magazine was mailed to every FCCLA member. -
June 1995
76 honorees were inducted into the FCCLA's leadership hall of fame at the national leadership conference in washington D.C. in recognition of FCCLA's 50th anniversary. -
september 2003
The ultimate leadership experience, tagline was adopted.