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W.O Atwater
An American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862 was also known as the Land Grant College Act. It changed higher education in America greatly. The grant was originally set up to establish institutions is each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. The land-grant act was introduced by a congressman from Vermont named Justin Smith Morrill. -
Martha Rensselaer
Martha Van Rensselaer was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics. -
Caroline Hunt
The only full-time female at the University of Wisconsin, she wrote life of Ellen Swallow Richards. -
Mary B. Welch
Taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students. -
Land Grant Universities in AR
The University of Arkansas In Fayetteville is one of the two land grants in AR and was built 1871 and opened in 1872. Also the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff is a land grant. -
Rumford Kitchen & Chicago World’s Fair 1894
The application of the principles of chemistry to the science of cooking by Richards and Atwater. -
Lake Placid Conference
The conference for Home Economics -
Ellen Richards
Ellen was an industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century. Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith-Lever Act established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith Hughes National Vocational Education Act of 1917 promoted vocational education in "agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking", and provided federal funds for this purpose. -
Land Grant University
A land-grant university is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862. Every state has a land-grant university, The Univeristy of Arkansas is the land grant in our State. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This act provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs -
Vocational Education Amendment of 1968
Provided new programs for vocational education provide part-time employment for the youth to receive earnings to continue vocational training. -
Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is the federal law that authorizes the formula grant programs for vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment required states receiving federal funds for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
The Name Change
AHEA voted to change the name of profession to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
Carl Perkins Act
First authorized in 1984 to increase the quality of technical education within the U.S. in order to help the economy. Re-authorized by Donald Trump on July 26, 2018. -
FCS Day!
A day to celebrate Family and Consumer Sciences. It is celebrated on Ellen Richard's birthday.
