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Cathrine Esther Beecher
Cathrine Beecher was a significant pioneer for the FACS profession. She opened a private school for young women, as well as being key to the founding of several other women's colleges. She also wrote many books about domestic well-being. -
Isabella Mary Beeton
She wrote a monthly supplement to The English Woman's Domestic Magazine which were then later comprised into a book titled Book of Household Management. Her motivation for writing this book was to help woman achieve the perfect home. It included many recipes, advice about home economics, how to treat a call, and what to say on social calls. -
Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act was signed into law by Abraham Lincoln to provide each state with 30,000 acres of federal land for each member of their Congressional delegation which would then be sold and proceeds would be used to fund public colleges. it was "An Act Donating Public Lands to the several states and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts." -
Land Grant University
These Universities were established because of the Morrill Act and they were to to extend educational opportunities that promoted agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy (later known as home economics). -
University of Arkansas- Land Grant University
The Arkansas General Assembly established the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville as the Arkansas industrial University. Under the Morrill Act it became the state Land-grant institution and first state assisted college in Arkansas. -
Mary B. Welch
She was assigned the task of teaching home economics to women at Iowa State College. This is said to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
She was the founder of Family and Consumer Sciences as well as an important female chemist. She published The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manuel for Housekeepers which helped to establish the importance of home economics. -
Alice P. Norton
Alice Norton worked with Ellen Swallow Richards to provide home economic education to the New England community. She also was an editor for the Journal of Home Economics, as well as teaching and working in the field of dietetics. -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff- Land Grant University
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a public comprehensive HBCU 1890 Land-Grant Institution. It is the second of the two Land Grant Universities in Arkansas. -
Caroline Hunt
Caroline Hunt was a philosopher, writer, and scientist. She helped form the philosophical underpinning of the profession. She helped to establish the Home Economics program at the University of Wisconsin. She also wrote The Life of Ellen Swallow Richards. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
She was a pioneer home economist and developed courses for women in rural areas of New York. She also had many publications written about home making and women's home journals. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This Act established the Cooperative Extension Service which required all land-grant colleges to establish an Agricultural Experiment Station. Expansion Station has expanded in areas of textile fiber science, nutrition, family relations, human development, and consumer economics. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The first act to setting apart vocational education from the regular high school curriculum and establishing federal funds to support vocational education (CTE). Home economics courses received federal funding when included in high school curriculum. CTE education classes in high school classes include family and consumer science courses prepare students for future careers and family and community roles. -
Benjamin Andrews
He was a professor of home economics for over 40 years at Columbia University. He wrote Economics of the Household. It's Administration and Finance. He also helped to spread the mission of home economics. -
Isabel Bevier
Isabel Bevier helped to develop the new field of home economics along scientific lines. She also wrote a book named Home Economics in Education, pushing for home economics in higher education. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This Act provided grants to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs to different states. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This Amendment extended the works of the Vocational Education Act of 1968 while changing the focus from occupation to people. A part of the funds are sanctioned off for permanent programs of cooperative vocational as well as consumer and homemaking education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
This amendment, also known as The Rehabilitation Act, allows equal access to people with disabilities and further supported the rights of people with disabilities. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The amendment requires states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Carls Perkins Act
This Act was authorized to support secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business, and technology.
