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Justin Smith Morrill
Justin Smith Morrill (April 14, 1810 – December 28, 1898) was born he would later become a Representative (1855–1867) and a Senator (1867–1898) from Vermont. He spearheaded the Morrill Acts that established federal funding for founding many of the United States' public colleges and universities. -
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was born
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition.
Mrs. Richards was the first woman in America accepted to any school of science and technology, and the first American woman to obtain a degree in chemistry, which she earned from Vassar College in 1870. -
Wilbur Olin Atwater was born
Wilbur Olin Atwater (May 3, 1844 – September 22, 1907) was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism. He is credited with developing the Atwater system, laying the groundwork, in the 19th century, for the science of nutrition in the United States and inspiring modern Olympic nutrition. -
Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862 established federal funding for universities by land that would be distributed to at least one University in each state. It would provide 30,000 acres per state Senator and Representative based off the 1860 census. The school would focus on agriculture, engineering, and military tactics. The schools were to be know as "Land grant Schools". In Arkansas there are The University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas in Pine Bluff. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
Martha Van Rensselaer was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics, which led to the establishment of the New York State College of Human Ecology in Ithaca, New York. Van Rensselaer served as an educator and proponent of the application of knowledge to improved quality of life in the home. She called the field of study “domestic science” and focused on key aspects of homemaking. 1923 the League of Women Voters recognized her as one of the twelve most important women in America. -
Chemistry of cooking and cleaning :A manual for housekeepers
Ellen Richards publishes the book Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A housekeepers manual -
The Hatch Act of 1887
The Hatch Act expanded the land-grant program to include federal funding for research and experiment stations. -
Founding of American Home Economics Association
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American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is an American professional association that networks professionals in the area of family and consumer science. It was founded in 1908 as the American Home Economics Association by Ellen H. Richards. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith Lever Act of 1914 established a system to connect cooperative extension services to Land-grant universities. The cooperative extension services were to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues and other related matters. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith Hughes Act of 1917 promoted vocational agriculture to train people "who have entered upon or who are preparing to enter upon the work of the farm," and provided federal funds for this purpose. Was the first vocational education act to isolate the vocational education from other parts of the comprehensive high school curriculum. -
The food industry
Food corporations start to employ home economists to create recipes, and nutritional information for classroom use. -
George-Reed Act of 1929
The George-Reed Act of 1929 allowed for a 4 year increase in funding to universities by $1 million annually to expand vocational education in Agriculture and Home economics. -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of Department of Home Economics at University of California Berkley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt's first Nutritional Congress. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
The Vocational Education Act of 1963 authorized a major expansion and redirection of vocational education. Its goals were to enroll a larger proportion of the baby boom generation that was moving through the educational system and to improve the kinds and quality of training available to them. -
Vocational Amendments of 1968 and 1973
The amendments increased funding and extended vocational education services to disadvantaged and disabled citizens. It created work study programs to provide students with financial support. It also eliminated federal control over vocational programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The amendments were made to improve the standards of vocational education but also to expand offerings to disadvantaged students and eliminate sex bias and stereotyping in vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984
The Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984 increased funding, increased career counseling, established bilingual vocational education, and business/labor education partnerships. -
Carl Perkins Act of 1990
The Carl Perkins Act of 1990 provided vocational education to those disadvantage students and give a “school-to-work” two year programs at community colleges by reauthorizing the 1984 Perkins Act and increased vocational education funding through 1995 to $1.6 billion. -
American Home Economics Association name changed
In 1994 American Home Economics Association changed its name to American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). The association currently acts as a professional network primarily for professors and teachers of home economics and related courses, but also includes large numbers from government, business and non-profit organizations. -
Carl Perkins Act 0f 2006
In 2006 as a response to the economy the Carl Perkins Act 0f 2006 was passed to increase vocational education and increase academic and technical standards.
