FCS Timeline

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    Benjamin Thompson

    1st to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800s
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    Catherine Beecher

    Wrote the first FACS book in 1841
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    W.O Atwater

    invented the bomb bulletins.
    Worte nutrition Bulletins.
  • John Smith Morrill/Morill Act of 1862

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    CF Langworthy

    Co-editor of the journal of home economics
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    Martha Rensselaer

    President of AAFCS.
    Cornell University professor
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    Carolyn Hunt

    conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethic population in Chicago
  • University of Arkansas-Land Grand University

  • University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff-Land Grant University

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    National School Act

    Advocated successfully for the National School Lunch Act, which brought more nutritious meals to children.
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    Spoilage and Contamination

    Developed and taught food handling and preparation to help families avoid the spoilage and contamination of food.
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    FACS

    Fostered the movement for preschool education
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    FACS

    Researched and taught about household sanitiation
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    FACS

    Conducted food studies, leading to policy changes such as enriching flour
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    FACS

    Performed the first extensive study of body measurements, thus standardizing sizes of garments and patterns.
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    FACS

    Assisted in establishing home economics/FCS programs in college and universities.
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    FACS

    Advocated for critical impovemens to "No Child Left Behind"
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    FACS

    Helped protect the well-being of the nation's families in times of war, depressions, and other disasters through emergency feeding, nutrition, food, and clothing conservation programs.Took the lead in teaching “life skills”
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    Pioneered Research

    Pioneered research to develop specifications for consumer goods and more descriptive labeling on textiles.
  • Smith Lever Act of 1914

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    Smith-Lever Act

    Created the cooperative extension service including FACS
  • Smith Hughes Act of 1917

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    Smith-Hughes Act

    Estabished FACS as part of vocational (CTE) Education
  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968

  • Vocational Amendment of 1973

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    American Home Economic

    June 1994 American Home economic association voted to change the name of profession to family and consumer