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Chatherine Beecher
Wrote 33 text books and the first FACS text book named "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" ever which happened to be recognized by the DOE. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
this was a grant that gave each state 30,000 acres of land. this helped fund agriculture but most importantly mechanical schools to benefit fats programs. -
Land Grant University
this grant was designed to supply money for schools with agriculture programs, this speaks for itself that it would help FACS department and fund more programs in it for each school. -
What are the Land Grant Universities in AR
Land grant universities in AR consist of University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Pine Bluff. -
W.O. Atwater
Known as the father of Nutrition, Atwater graduated from Yale with a PhD in Chemistry. He invented the Bomb Calorimeter. -
Bomb Calorimeter
this is a machine that is used to measure the heat and its combustion. It also can calculate the calorific values of foods as well as fuels. -
C.F. Langworthy
He studied chemical composition for food which enabled him to conduct metabolic tests. along with these things he also was the co-editor of the journal of Home of Economics. -
Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
Benjamin was the first to identify nutrition as a science. the also named Rumford's chicken after him in the Chicago worlds fair which was a place that showed calorie count for food. He also invented the first range with temperature controls -
Ellen S. Richards
Ellen started school lunch programs, Graduated from MIT and then taught chemistry there shortly after. She believed science could could be a factor to improve overall human health. -
Rumfords Kitchen
this was first brought into existence at the Chicagos World's Fair. This was a kitchen in which was to practice using chemistry with the science of cooking. This was a huge step in calorie counting and understanding how food has more of a meaning than just consumption and all the things it has inside that we were unknowledgeable about. -
Lake Placid Conference
this was a very important meeting and factor of figuring out exactly what home economics is and what it entails. -
Martha Rensselaer
She was a professor at Cornell University, she also attended the lake Placid conference in 1899 where fans was originally founded. She also was the president of AAFCS. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This created a nation wide to direct the land grant universities to oversee their work. This helped educate people on the advances in agricultural. -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
She was the first African American to graduate from New Mexico State University. She became a teacher and taught colored students by day and their parents by night. They named a street and English building after her at New Mexico. She passed away at 108 years old. -
Carolyn Hunt
Wrote alongside Hellen W. Atwater "How To Select Foods" a nutrition book on what the body needs. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act provided aid to schools with agriculture, industrial trades, and also home economics programs. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This act provided grants to develop and increase overall vocational education programs -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
this provided the ability for all people to become educated with life skills to pursue a job and be productive in labor. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment was made to eliminate bias between genders within the vocational acts and eduction systems having do with them. -
Carl Perkins Act
This was originally the Vocational Education act. It was then altered a bit to eliminate bias from genders, people with troubled pasts, and other that needed educational needs.