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Catherine Beecher
Beecher wrote "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" in 1841 which is the first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education; she also wrote 33 textbooks. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
This act gave states 30,000 acres of land per person in their Congressional delegation of which was soon sold and given to public colleges emphasizing agriculture and mechanical arts. -
CF Langworthy
Langworthy was the co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics, and he studied chemical composition of food. He wrote nutritional bulletins for his experimental stations. -
Wilbur Olin Atwater
Atwater's findings "began just before the turn of the century contributed most to the emerging science of human nutrition and exercise." -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen left a huge mark in the realm of home economics. She was an "industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century." She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. -
Carolyn Hunt
Hunt received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Northwestern in 1888, and she conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in Chicago. She also worked with another founder, W.O. Atwater. -
Land Grant University
These are institutions that reap the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. -
Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
Thompson was the first to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's; he invented the first range with temperature controls. The Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was named after him. -
Lake Placid Conference
Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. After discussions, "Home Economics" was adopted as the name for the new field of study. -
Martha Rensselaer
Rensselaer was the president of AAFCS and was a Cornell University professor; She developed the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N. Y. , 1900. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This was created to educate people by programs through land grant universities about progress agriculture, home economics, etc. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act provided funding and promotion of education in the areas of 'agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking.' This act furthered the Smith-Lever Act. -
Lulu C. Graves
Graves was the first president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This extended education to "persons of all ages in all communities." It changed the basis of funding from the field of study to the student population. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This was the "first vocational legislation to officially reference postsecondary students. It extended set-aside funding from specific populations." -
Vocational Amendment of 1973 (The Rehabilitation Act of 1973)
This act "prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors." -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This act advanced "equal opportunities for women and girls." -
Carl Perkins Act
This act "aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy." -
Profession Given a New Name
In June of 1994, American Home Economics Association voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences; it became the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
