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Wrote the first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education. She eventually wrote 33 textbooks.
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A representative and senator from Vermont and one of the founders of the Republican party. He introduced the Land-Grant Act.
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One of the universities that benefitted from the Morrill Act
Granted federally controlled land to the states for them to sell, raise funds, and endow "land grant" colleges. -
Established federal funding for U.S. public colleges.
The grant was set up to establish institutions is each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, and other practical studies. -
She was believed the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students.
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University of Arkansas (Fayettville)
University of Arkansas (Pine Bluff) -
Richards specifically prepared nutritious food for the World's Fair, she included nutrition value and cost per serving.
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-She was the first women to be admitted into MIT.
-She was very concerned about applying scientific principles to domestic topics such as, good nutrition, physical fitness, sanitation, and pure foods.
-The first president of American Home Economics Association. -
Eleven individuals gathered in New York and established Home Economics - a new field of study.
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Invented the Bomb Calorimeter.
Wrote nutrition bulletins.
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Established a system of cooperative extensions services that produced outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advancements in agricultural technology and practices.
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Cornell University professor
Attended the Lake Placid Conference
Founding co-director of the College of Home Economics
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Co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics
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Promoted vocational education and provided federal funds for this purpose.
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Added support for vocational education schools for work-study programs/research.
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Officially referenced post secondary students. It provided programs for part-time employment for youths to receive a wage while learning the vocation.
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It approves grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance.
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Required states receiving federal funds for vocational education to carry out programs to eliminate gender bias or discrimination.
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Aimed to increase the quality of technical education in order to help the economy.
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The new name of the profession was Family Consumer Sciences.
The association became known as the American Association of Family Consumer Sciences.
