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Catherine Beecher
Wrote the first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education. She eventually wrote 33 textbooks. -
Justin Smith Morrill
A representative and senator from Vermont and one of the founders of the Republican party. He introduced the Land-Grant Act. -
Land-Grant University
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. -
Morrill Act of 1862
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. -
Mary B. Welch
She was believed the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas (Fayettville)
University of Arkansas (Pine Bluff) -
Rumford's Kitchen & Chicago's World Fair
Richards specifically prepared nutritious food for the World's Fair, she included nutrition value and cost per serving. -
Ellen Richards
-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. -
Lake Placid Conference
Eleven individuals gathered in New York and established Home Economics - a new field of study. -
W. O. Atwater
Invented the Bomb Calorimeter.
Wrote nutrition bulletins.
Considered to be the "Father of Nutrition" -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
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. -
Martha Rensselaer
Cornell University professor
Attended the Lake Placid Conference
Founding co-director of the College of Home Economics
President of American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences -
C. F. Langworthy
Co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics
Studied chemical composition of food -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Promoted vocational education and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
Vocation Education of 1963
Added support for vocational education schools for work-study programs/research. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Officially referenced post secondary students. It provided programs for part-time employment for youths to receive a wage while learning the vocation. -
Vocation Rehabilitation Act of 1973
It approves grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Required states receiving federal funds for vocational education to carry out programs to eliminate gender bias or discrimination. -
Carl Perkins Act
Aimed to increase the quality of technical education in order to help the economy. -
Name Change
The new name of the profession was Family Consumer Sciences.
The association became known as the American Association of Family Consumer Sciences.
