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FCS Timeline -Adrianna Ferrand & Asia Moore

  • Ellen Swallow Richards admitted to MIT

    Ellen Swallow Richards admitted to MIT
    Ellen was the founder of FCS and furthered her education at MIT where she would later develope a women's laboratory
  • Lake Placid

    began the AHEA
  • American Home Economics Association Founded

  • Smith Hughes Act

    Smith Hughes Act
    established federal support for vocational education
  • AAFCS

    name changed to American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences