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Birth of Ellen Swallow Richards
Considered the founder of FACS and was an engineer, chemist, and university faculty member -
First Land Grant University in AR
The University of Arkansas was built and considered a land grant university -
Chicago World's Fair
Ellen Swallow Richards applied chemistry to cooking -
Lake Placid Conference
the first conference for Home Economics -
Founding of AHEA
American Home Economics Association was founded by Ellen Richards at the 10th annual Lake Placid conference -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
Congress established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking," and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
an act of the United States Congress that promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking," and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Enacted by Congress to offer new and expanded vocational education programs -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Enacted by Congress to offer new and expanded vocational education programs -
Land Grant University
Established institutions of higher education that is benefitted by the Morrill Acts of 1862 -
Vocational Education Act Amendment of 1968
extended set-aside funding for students from specific populations -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
the federal law that approves grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
the federal law that approves grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance -
Vocational Education Act Amendment of 1973
prohibits discrimination on the basis of handicap in any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1976
required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
The Carl Perkins Act
the act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. -
Name Change
The name Family and Consumer Sciences was born
