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Treatise on Domestic Economy
Catharine Beecher contributes to the domestic science movement by writing her Treatise on Domestic Economy -
Morrill Act
providing federal lands to the states to be sold to support colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts -
Sewing and Industrial Education
begins it domestic economy curriculum -
MIT & Vassar
MIT grants Ellen Richards a Bachelor of Science, the first to a woman. Vassar awards her a Master’s degree based on her scientific thesis. She is the first woman to earn an advance science degree -
The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers
Ellen Richards publishes The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers -
Domestic Science
Domestic Science courses introduced into the public school system in Boston -
Hatch Act
The Hatch Act is passed, providing $15,000 a year for state established agricultural experiment stations -
Second Morrill Act
The Second Morrill Act passed, providing further funding for black student colleges -
Rumford Kitchen
The World Columbian Exposition in Chicago, the Rumford Kitchen of “science of nutrition” -
School Lunch
First nutritional lunch school program in Boston by Ellen Richards -
Lake Placid conference
The first Lake Placid conference that began the creation of the American Home Economics Association. -
Education
State backed support grows for practical education beyond the 8th grade. Secondary education expands to include vocational education -
Tomato Club
The first girl’s Tomato club (4-H) organized by Marie Cromer a teacher, through Agricultural Extension -
AHEA
The American Home Economics Association is established -
Ellen Swallow Richards dies
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South Carolina
Two white women become home demonstration agents in South Caronlina -
Smith-Lever Act
The Smith-Lever Act is passed, specifying the creation of the Agriculture Extension Service to provide farm women with education in home economics and men with education in agriculture -
Smith-Hughes Act
The Smith-Hughes Act is passed, establishing federal support for vocational education -
WWI
As part of the war effort, home economists teach the nation the rules of substitution to increase the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables, which could not be shipped abroad to soldiers during WWI. -
AHEA
AHEA sets goals to establish and maintain instruction in elements of home management for elementary and high school girls and appropriate home economics instruction for boys. -
Land-Grant Colleges
The Home Economic section is added to the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges -
Childcare
Childcare recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum -
Food Corporations
Food corporations begin employing home economists to create recipes and nutritional information for other home economists in the classroom -
Home Economists
Home Economists in the state become accepted by the public as experts in human nutrition -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of the Department of Home Economics at U of California, Berkeley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt’s First Nutrition Congress -
USDA Bureau of Home Economics
The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics -
Feminism
Feminists criticize scientific experts in home economics for fostering restrictive roles for women -
Undergraduate Programs
Accreditation of undergraduate programs in home economic begins -
Racial Tension
Racial tension acknowledged within the organization, Florence Low sets out to eliminate -
Vocational Education Act
Vocational Education Act- gainful employment outside of the home -
Vocational Education Act
Vocation Education Act amended to include handicapped and disadvantaged students -
Lake Placid Conference
The 11th Lake Placid Conference is held to develop consensus among members -
Men
Home Economists begin to gear its work seriously towards males- Vocational Ed Act -
AHEA
AHEA launched Project 2000- enhancing programs to meet diversity needs -
Rethinking Women & Home Economics in the 20th Century
Cornell University sponsors a conference entitled “Rethinking Women & Home Economics in the 20th Century” -
Scottsdale
Scottsdale meeting recommends name change -
Name Change
Name changes from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences -
Education Struggle
Association membership begins to decrees and FCS programs struggle to stay in public schools -
100 years old!
100 year celebrations held nationally for the organization of AAFCA (American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences) -
BYU-Idaho
First Lake Placid Summit held at BYU-Idaho to commemorate and generate positive professional networks in the Southeast Idaho area
