History of FACS

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  • Justin Smith Morrill/ Morrill Act of 1862

    This act provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in ag and mechanic arts

  • Land Grant University

    An institute of higher education in the U.S. designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts
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    History of FACS

    Timeline of important dates in FACS history
  • First Land Grant University in Arkansas

    First Land Grant University in Arkansas

    University of Arkansas became the first Land Grant University in the state of Arkansas in 1871
  • Ellen S. Richards gets admitted to MIT

    Ellen S. Richards gets admitted to MIT

    Ellen made her way to the male-only Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1871, where she was admitted as a special student, making her the first woman in America to enter a scientific school.

  • Ellen S. Richards receives degree

    Richards earned a second bachelor’s degree from MIT in addition to a master’s degree from Vassar College on the basis of a thesis she submitted on the chemical analysis of iron ore. Richards continued at MIT for two years in hopes of earning a Ph.D., but at the time, the Institute did not award doctorates to women.
  • The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning by Ellen S. Richards

    The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning by Ellen S. Richards

    Ellen Richards publishes The Chemistry for Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers.
  • Second Land Grant University in Arkansas

    Second Land Grant University in Arkansas

    University of Arkansas At Pine Bluff was the second, and last university to become a Land Grant University in the state
  • School Lunch

    School Lunch

    First nutritional lunch school program in Boston by Ellen Richards.

  • Lake Placid Conference

    The first Lake Placid conference that began the creation of the American Home Economics Association. This was the very first association meeting. Childcare and an emphasis on promoting a more enduring type of family life becomes a focus in home economics.

  • Smith-Lever Act of 1914

    This established a system of cooperative extension services to provide farm women with education in home economics and men with education in agriculture.

  • Smith-Hughes Act of 1917

    The act of U.S. Congress that promoted vocational education

  • Childcare Curriculm

    Childcare recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum.
  • Respect for Home Economist

    Respect for Home Economist

    Home economist in the states became accepted by the public as experts in human nutrition.
  • USDA

    USDA

    The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics.
  • Undergraduate programs

    Undergraduate programs

    Accreditation of undergraduate programs in home economics begins.

  • Vocational Education Act of 1963

    This act added support for vocational education schools for work study programs and research

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968 &1973

    This was the first vocational legislation to officially reference post secondary students

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    Created equal opportunity for women and girls
  • Carl Perkins Act

    Carl Perkins Act

    This act increases quality of a career of technical education
  • The Celebration

    The Celebration

    100-year celebration held nationally for the organization of AAFCS