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Catherine Beecher
Founder of the Profession, she wrote 33 textbooks. Her book was the first recognized by the Department of Education. -
Ellen S. Richards
She was the first MIT woman graduate. Her focus was chemistry and how to help improve health. She was an advocate for women and made it possible for women to pursue careers in the science area.
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W.O Atwater
Invented the Bomb Calorimeter. He was considered the "Father of Nutrition" He went to Yale where he received his PhD in 1869. -
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House of Representatives
Justin Smith Morrill served 12 years in the House of Representatives -
Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act known as Land-Grant College Act, provided funds to states to support new Land-Grant colleges and universities. These colleges taught business, home economics, engineering, and agriculture. This Act was founded by Justin Smith Morrill, although he never went to college, he was a successful businessman. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate -
Land Grant University
College or university that receives benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, and 1994. Created to provide people with a practical education that had direct relevance to their daily lives.
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Martha Rensselaer
President of AAFCS and a professor at Cornell University. Developed the Cooperative Extension Service Programs (1900) -
Lulu C. Graves
She was the first president of American Dietetics Association and she was dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health/nutrition during the war. -
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Senate
He also was part of the Senate and he spent 31 years with them. -
Land Grant University in Arkansas
Arkansas has two Land Grant Universities: University of Arkansas and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff -
Benjamin Thompson
He had the Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair. He invented the first range with temperature controls -
Lake Placid Conferences
Became known as the foundation of home economics movement led by Ellen Richards. Series ten of conferences between 1899-1909. -
Home Economics
American Home Economics Association was formed. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
Created a cooperative Extension Service that's associated with each land-grant institution.
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Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Established FACS as part of Vocational Education Reference. Provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
American Dietetic Association
Founded in 1917. It is the largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. It is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy. -
Dietetic Internship
The first graduate program for nutrition and dietic, that required graduates to enroll after finishing their collegiate education. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This act provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. Funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Provided citizens with the opportunity through education to develop the necessary skills for productive employment has long been an objective of the nation. To help achieve this Congress then passed the Smith-Hughes Act and later the George-Barden Act, -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies. It was the first law to provide equal access for people with disabilities by removing architectural, employment, and transportation barriers. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, etc. -
Carl Perkins Act
This provides an increased focus on the academic achievement of career of technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education.
