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Land Grant University
Institution of higher education in the U.S. designated by the state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. -
Justin Smith Morrill Act of 1862
Allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in the U.S. using the proceeds of federal land sales. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas (1871) -
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT grants Ellen Richards a bachelor of Science, the first to a woman. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (1873) -
Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A manual doe Housekeepers
Ellen Richards publishes her book. -
The Hatch Act
An act that provides $15,000 yearly for state established agricultural experiment stations. -
Rumford Kitchen
A type of kitchen set up used in the 1890's. -
Lake Placid Conference
The first conference that created the American Home Economics Association. -
Ellen Richards Dies
Ellen Richards died in her at home in Massachusetts of Angina. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
U.S. federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land grant universities, in order to inform people about the current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, etc. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Promotes vocational education in agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking. -
Home Economics for Boys
AHEA establishes appropriate home economic instructions for boys. -
Bereau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
the USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. -
Vocational Education Act of of 1963
Expanded the role of vocational education and funding was substantially increased. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
The first vocational legislation to officially reference postsecondary students. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Prohibits the discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial aid assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
requires 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. -
Family and Consumer Sciences
Home Economics was changed to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
Carl Perkins Act
Provides an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and post secondary education, and improve state and local accountability.
