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Benjamin Thompson
In the late 1800's, Thompson was the first to label nutrition as a science. He also invented the first range with temperature controls. Along with that, he had Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 named after him. -
Catherine Beecher
Catherine Beecher wrote "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" in 1841. This was the first Family and Consumer Sciences textbook used. Along with this textbook, she wrote 33 others to help with education. -
Land Grant Universities
A land grant university is an institution that has been designated by its state legislature or Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, and 1994. They were used to teach agriculture, military skills, and mechanics. President Lincoln signed the first land-grant act into law in 1862. -
Morrill Act 1862
The Morrill Act allowed states to establish public colleges funded by federal land grants. The new land-grant institutions specifically helped agriculture and mechanic arts. This allowed opportunities to farmers and working people not previously included in higher education. -
W.O. Atwater
Atwater, known as the "Father of Nutrition," influenced during 1844-1907. He wrote nutrition bulletins for Richard and invented the Bomb Calorimeter. Atwater received a PhD degree in chemistry in 1869 from Yale University. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The Arkansas Industrial University was establish in 1871, and became the first state-assisted college in Arkansas. This later became known as the University of Arkansas in 1899 to show the broadened academics available at the university. The UofA still allows students to learn about the field of FCS and educate them. -
Carolyn Hunt
Carolyn Hunt was one of the founders for home economics. She received a B.S. degree in chemistry in 1888. She collected dietary histories and information. Her study was published by governmental departments. -
Ellen S. Richards
Ellen Richards helped create the new applied field of "Home Economics." She was alive 1842-1911 where she helped launch the new study and worked to get policies and legislation passed. In 1894 she helped start the school lunch program, and sold nutritious lunches at the 1894 Chicago World's Fair. -
Rumford Kitchen
The Rumford Kitchen, named after Benjamin Thompson, was a significant place for FCS. This is where Ellen Richards began her school lunch program. This was at the Chicago World Fair where nutritious lunches were sold, and customers received nutritional values and cost per serving. -
Lake Placid Conference
The Lake Placid Conference in 1899 was the first conference where all of the FCS founders gathered. They were brought together to talk about the interests and development of the new field. -
Martha Rensselaer
Martha Rensselaer was a Cornell University professor and the president of AAFCS. She attended the Lake Placid Conference in 1899. She also developed Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University in 1900. -
Headquarters for Family and Consumer Sciences
The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) started in 1909 by Ellen Richards to help connect professionals and students in the FCS field. The headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA. -
CF Langworthy
Langworthy was on of the FCS founders. He was the co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics in 1910. He conducted metabolics test and studied chemical composition of food. He also wrote nutrition bulletins for his experiments. -
Smith Lever Act 1914
The Smith-Lever Act is a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities. This allowed rural Americans to be educated about advances in agricultural studies and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act 1917
The Smith Hughes Act 1917 provided federal aide to states for precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. This law helped widen courses and enrollment for vocational education. -
Lulu C. Graves
Lulu C. Graves was the first presisent of the American Dietetics Association, which was founded in 1917. She helped the government conserve food and improve health and nutrition during World War I. -
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
In 1917, the now known as Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics was founded. This is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. It helped improve health and advanced the education dietetics. -
Flemmie Pansy Kittrell
Kitrell got her bachelors of science in 1928 and was the first African American to receive her doctorate in Nutrition. She expanded programs in the home economics field, specifically those with low SES. -
Vocational Education Act 1963
The Vocational Education Act 1963 provided grants to states to help with vocational-technical education programs. These help develop and improve these programs. -
Vocational Amendment 1968
This Amendment helped assist with the 1963 Amendment, but changed to help individuals instead of occupations. It helps fund permanent programs in cooperative vocational as well as consumer and homemaking education. -
Vocational Amendment 1976
The Vocational Amendment 1976 required the states that had funds to overcome discrimination and bias. This allowed schools to extend, improve and maintain programs, overcome sex discrimination/bias, and develop new programs. -
Carl Perkins Act
The Carl Perkins Act was first authorized by the government in 1984. This act was used to increase funding for career and technical education for secondary and post-secondary institutions. This helped prepare students and emphasized high skill, wage, and demand occupations. -
New Profession Name
In 1994 the American Home Economics Association decided to changed the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences. This assocation became American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.