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Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
- First to label nutrition as a science
- He invented a kitchen range that revolutionized cooking in the American home and in restaurants.
- He also invented the drip coffeepot and the double boiler.
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Ellen Richards
Richards was focused on applying scientific principles to domestic topics that would save women a lot more time to pursue things they wanted to learn instead of cooking and cleaning and other house chores. She was a pioneer when it came to home economics and held many conferences regarding the topic. She was the first president of the American Home Economics Association. -
W.O. Atwater
He is an American scientist who developed agricultural chemistry and nutrition science. He also invented the Bomb Calorimeter and is considered to be the "Father of Nutrition". His calorimeter is significant because it "proved the law of conservation of energy in human beings and made it possible to calculate the caloric values of different foods". -
Land Grant Universitites
Land Grant Universities area college or university that has been designated to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, and 1994. They teach agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanic arts as well as classical studies. -
Morrill Act of 1862
Also known as the Land-Grant College Act. This act established federal funding for establishing many of the U.S. public colleges and universities. The purpose of it was so that the American working class would have equal opportunity to higher education focusing on farming and agriculture. There are several of these acts but the first one was passed in 1862. -
C.F. Langworthy
He worked at the USDA and was an expert in Nutrition. He was the co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics and studied the chemical composition of food. -
Caroline Hunt
She was the first professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin in 1903. Most of her studies were done on social injustices and were over dietary histories of immigrant and ethnic populations. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
In 1872, the University of Arkansas (originally called the Arkansas Industrial University) was opened and first classes were held. It was founded as a land grant university in 1871. the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is also a Land Grant University. -
LuLu C. Graves
She was an American Dietitian who was the first president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. -
Justin Smith Morrill
He was a representative and senator in Vermont from 1854-1866. His greatest contribution in his tenure as senator was the 1862 Land-Grant College Act inspired by his own lack of educational opportunities. -
Lake Placid Conference
The conference where 11 leaders met and after their discussion, "Home Economics" was adopted as the name of this new field of study. -
AHEA Formed
Family and Consumer Sciences contains five main fields: Housing and Interior Design, Clothing and Textiles, Consumer Education and Resource Management, Child Development and Family Studies, and Food and Nutrition. The American Home Economics Association was formed in 1908 with Ellen Richards as their first president. Now it is known as the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Act created a a system of cooperative extension services connected to each land grant university by the USDA in order to inform people of the current developments made in agriculture, home economics, and the other areas of Family and Consumer Sciences. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Formally known as the National Vocational Education Act. This act provided federal aid to states and programs to promote vocational training and education in agriculture, industry trading, and home economics. -
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The AND, formerly known as the ADA, is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. It was founded in 1917 by a group of 58 people who believed it was important that people are educated in the science in Nutrition. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This act provides the states grants to improve, maintain, and expand the role of vocational education. Because of this, funding was increased. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This amendment extends the act of 1963 but focuses more on funding for students who were at risk or had disabilities. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1963 extended and revised the authorization of grants to states to service those with severe handicaps in health, education, and wellness. Some examples of those include supported employment, independent living and clinical wellness. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This Amendment requires states, who are receiving federal funding for vocational education, to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination that may result throughout education. -
Carl Perkins Act
This act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the U.S. in order to help the economy. It was renamed in 1984 after being passed in 1963. Then is was reauthorized in 2006. After expiration in 2012, President trump resigned the bill and it's effects are effective starting July 1, 2019.
