History of FACS

By Kaylea
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    Ellen S. Richards

    Her specialties were water pollution and FACS. She was the MIT Chemistry professor who is known as the founder of the FACS profession.
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    W. O. Atwater

    Invented the Bomb Calorimeter. Considered to be the "Father of Nutrition"
  • Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act

    Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act
    AKA Land-Grant College Act. This provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in "agriculture and the mechanic arts."
  • Land Grant University

    Land Grant University
    An institution of higher education in the united states designed by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
  • Land Grant University in AR

    Land Grant University in AR
    University of Arkansas
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    CF Langworthy

    Co-editor of the journal of home economics.
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    Carolyn Hunt

    Conducted 2 important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in Chicago; collected dietary histories and social economic information, and study published by governmental departments.
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    Clara Belle Drisdale Williams

    First African American to graduate New Mexico State University. She married Jasper Williams in 1917. She became a teacher to black students by day and taught their parents by night.
  • Land Grant University in AR

    Land Grant University in AR
    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
  • Beginnings of school lunch program

  • Chicago world's fair

    Chicago world's fair
    Richards sold nutritious lunches at the fair that included nutritive value and cost per serving
  • Lake Placid Conference

    Lake Placid Conference
    Beginnings of the profession, 11 leader gathered and after much discussion, "Home Economics" was adopted as the name for the new field of study.
  • Atwater's experiments of metabolism

    Atwater's experiments of metabolism
    He conducted many experiments hooking people up to some weird looking machines.
  • Smith-Lever Act

    Smith-Lever Act
    Created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS.
  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Established FACS as part of Vocational (CTE) Education.
  • Williams Ave

    Williams Ave
    New Mexico State University named a campus street after Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
  • Vocational Education Act of 1963

    Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
  • The Vocational Education Amendments

    The emphasis changed from occupations to people. National and state advisory councils are required, each state must submit a plan consisting of administrative policies and procedures and an annual and 5-year program plan.
  • Vocational Amendment

    AKA Rehabilitation Act. This prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors.
  • Vocational Amendment

    This act 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.
  • Clara Belle Drisdale Williams

    Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
    She was awarded honorary doctorate degree from New Mexico State University who apologized for treatment as a student.
  • Profession name change

    American Home Economics Association (AHEA) voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS). The association became American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
  • Clara Belle Williams Hall

    Clara Belle Williams Hall
    New Mexico State University named english building after Clara Belle Drisdale Williams.
  • Carl Perkins Act

    Carl Perkins Act
    Intended to supplement, not supplant. Perkins funds are to be used to supplement the educational programs generally offered with state and local resources. Districts may only use Perkins money to provide supplemental services that would not have been provided had the Perkins funds not been available.