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Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Richards is recognized as the founder of home economics.
Family and Consumer Sciences if founded on the philosophy that that teaching life skills will improve the quality of life for families. -
Morrill land-grant Act
In 1862 under President Abraham Lincoln Congress approved an act that required all states to designate one state college that was utilizing land given by the federal government toward the dissemination of practical and useful information relating to agriculture, home economics, and rural energy. This important act is called the Morrill land-Grant Act. -
Women's Movement
During the progressive era the women suffrage movement attempted to move women out of the home and obtain their right to vote. -
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era was a time of business expansion and progressive reform in the United States. The era provided the perfect backdrop for the American Home Economics Association to flourish. To make big businesses more responsible and clean up corrupt city and governments to improve working conditions and factories. -
Name Change
In 1994 the name home economics was changed to Family Consumer Science (FCS).
