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Ellen Richards Graduates MIT
MIT grants Ellen Richards a Bachelor of Science -
The Great Sanitary Survey
Ellen conducts surveys that modernize municipal sewage treatment, and develop water purity tables, and water quality standards. -
Morrill Act Passes
furthering funding for black student colleges. -
First School Lunch Program
Ellen started the first nutritional lunch program in Boston. -
First Lake Placid Conference
The first Lake Placid Conference began the creation of the American Home Economics Association. -
American Home Economics Association
At the 10th Conference, the AHEA was formed. -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
Established Cooperative Extension Service, federal funding to support what's now called Career and Technical Education. (CTE) -
Smith-Hughes Act
Established federal support for vocational education. -
Home Economics and the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges
Home Economics is added to the American Association of Land-Grant Colleges. -
First Nutrition Congress
Agnes Faye Morgan sits on President Roosevelt's First Nutrition Congress. -
Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. -
Specialized Food Programs
Specialized food programs emerge -
Accreditation
Accreditation of undergraduate programs in home economics began. -
Vocational Education Act
Vocation Education Act pushed for gainful employment outside the home. -
AHEA Launches Project 2000
AHEA launched Project 2000 to enhance programs to meet diversity needs. -
Name Change
Name changed from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
100 Year Celebration
100-year celebration held nationally for the organization of AAFCS,