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Benjamin Thompson
He was the first person to experiment with household issues. -
Catharine Beecher
She began the home economics movement -
Melvil and Annie Dewey
They created careers for women and moved home economics to higher education -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
This act was passed providing lands to the states to be sold to support colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The two schools are the University of Arkansas and the University of Pine Bluff -
Domestic Sciences are introduced to public schools in Boston
This sparked a significant beginning to economics in schools -
Land Grant University
This institution was designed by the state to receive benefits from the Morrill Act of 1862 to focus on teaching agriculture, science, and etc. -
Rumford Kitchen
Ellen Richards is recognized for opening the Rumford kitchen of 'Science of Nutrition' at the worlds fair in Chicago. -
Lake Placid Conference
This was the first time they discussed the home economics education -
Ellen H. Richards
She was an important female figure and founded the AFFCS -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This act established an extended outreach in programs through land grant universities to educate Americans in agriculture. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Hughes Act has bettered the quality of life not just for America’s rural and farm families but for everyone across the globe who is fed and clothed by the American Farmer. -
AHEA goal for home management
AHEA established and maintained instructions of home management for elementary and high school girls and appropriate home economics instructions for boys. -
George Deen Act
The act provided the first federal aid for vocational training for workers -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Agnes, chair of the Department of home economics at U of California Berkley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelts first nutrition congress -
Future Homemakers of America began in schools
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Vocational Education Act of 1963
This Act allowed for financial support for vocational; students in work-study programs. -
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Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
This significant piece of legislation approved funding at both secondary and post secondary levels, but more importantly provided funding for consumer and homemaking education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The act helped to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Act
As it relates to family and consumer science education, the social and economic goals were to “improve the effectiveness of consumer and homemaking education
