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Catherine Beecher
Catherine was an author that wrote 33 textbooks. Her most influential book was "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" which she wrote in 1841. -
W.O. Atwater
Atwater is the "Father of Nutrition." He did much research in metabolism and invented the Bomb Calorimeter. -
Morrill Acts
These acts allowed the land-grant universities to be built on federally-owned land. This was enacted during the American Civil War and signed by Abraham Lincoln. -
CF Langworthy
Langworthy also had much influence on Nutrition. He was a co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics and did much research in metabolism. He also studied the chemical composition of food and wrote nutrition bulletins for his experimental stations. -
University of Arkansas
Was declared a land grant university in 1871. The University opened in 1872 and is still considered a land grant university. -
Land Grant Universities
The land grant universities are the one's that took advantage of the Morrill Acts signed by Abraham Lincoln in 1862. These acts gave the universities land to create their higher education programs that would teach under the realm of family and consumer science. -
Benjamin Thompson
In the late 1800s, Thompson was the first to label nutrition as a science. He also invited the first range with temperature controls. All of this led to the Rumford Kitchen being named after him at Chicago's World Fair in 1893 -
Ellen S. Richards
Ellen believed that science could help the society around her. She was the head of many new programs when Home Economics was becoming a new field. She specifically headed the school lunch program. -
Rumford Kitchen
This is where the 1894 Chicago World Fair was held. Rumford made nutritious school lunches at this fair to serve people. -
School Lunch Program
The school lunch program was started by Ellen Richards. These lunches were first served at the Rutford Kitchen, where their nutritional value was seen. -
Lake Placid Conference
This was when "Home Economics" was made the name for the new field of study. Eleven people gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. and made this decision and declaration. -
Martha Rensselaer
Rensselaer was a professor at Cornell University, president of AAFCS, and attended Lake Placid Conference. She was a part of developing the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University. -
Smith Lever Act
This act created the cooperative extension services. One of these services included FACS. -
Lulu C. Graves
American Dietetics Association found in 1917. Lulu Graves was the first president of the association. This association later became the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics. -
Smith Hughes Act
This act established FACS as being apart of Vocational Education. -
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
This association was founded by 58 people. The need was seen for students to be educated in the science of nutrition in order to better know the art of feeding people. This was started during World War I in order the help the government improve the health and nutrition of the public during the war. -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
Clara graduated from New Mexico University where she was not even allowed to enter the classroom or walk into graduation to receive her diploma. She later became a school teacher herself and taught classes to parents at night. She began the movement of giving classes in parenting. -
Vocational Education Act
This act provides grants to schools. These grants are to allow improvements in vocational educational programs. -
Carl Perkins Act
This act amended the vocational education act of 1963. It revised many of the VEA programs and established more programs. These programs emphasized the skills needed in job acquisition. -
Vocational Amendment
This act aided states in establishing more vocational education programs. These programs however were specific to local high schools. -
Vocational Amendment
This act helped to improve the programs and systems in place for vocational education. It specifically helped overcome some of the sex discrimination/bias. -
Headquarters for Family and Consumer Science
The headquarters is in Baltimore, Maryland. This is where the American Association for Family and Consumer Science is found. -
New Name for Profession
The American Home Economics Association voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences in June of 1994. This was due to the field being much more broad than just Home Economics. -
Resources
Sartain, Kimberley. (2022, Nov 1). The Profession. Family and Consumer Science, University of Central Arkansas. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qDfoPw5kSytQD7bz5zHHJBQafRZZ6o2I/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101849474898273168463&rtpof=true&sd=true