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Origins of the Family Unit
The basic family unit was defined -
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History of Family and Resource Management
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Pre-Industrial Revolution Movement/ First Industrial Revolution
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Pre-Industrial movement / First Industrial Revolution
The Pre-Industrial movement or the First Industrial Revolution refers to the attributes and forms of both political and cultural organization that were prefaced before the Industrial Revolution. -
Women's Road to Rights
Women gathered together to sign the Declaration of Sentiments in order to affirm women's equality, and also passed dozens of resolutions for women's rights, including, the right to vote. -
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Emergence of the Feminist Perspective
The Emergence of the Feminist Perspective brought forth changes to how women were seen, and what rights could and would be granted unto them. -
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The Industrial Revolution
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The Industrial Movement
The Industrial Revolution was a restorative period in time that impacted the manufacturing and industrialization of technology. However, this period also brought forth a plethora of changes the the family unit. Before these changes were brought forth, family was centralized and ordered, but with labor and 'norms' changing the family unit dispersed. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Swallow Richard was as the first women to ever attend MIT. She then started the New England Kitchen which fed struggling people for a low cost. Which lead to the Rumford Kitchen. The Rumford Kitchen aided in the promotion of nutrition within food. She then aided in the school lunch program as well as the home economics program. Her hope with the HOME EC. program was to show to 'run' a good home. -
The "Cookie Cutter" Family
The model family that was established was the husband, wife, and two children. The man being the "bread-winner" and the owner of the household. The wife being a stay-at-home figure who cooked, cleaned, and essentially waited hand and foot for the family. However, the emergence of roles and norms brought forth a change into family units. -
Family Systems Theory
Dr. Murray Bowen developed the Bowen Family Systems or the Bowen Theory. This theory explored the notion that families and the people within them function as 'one' emotional system. This then made viewing them in the context on their families easier. -
Change in Family Unit
The family unit began to transform into a more inclusive and less role demanding unit. -
Home-EC Changes
The American Home Economics Association changes its name to American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. -
Family and resource Management Today
Families today started to change into something vastly different from the beginning, as well as our innate ability to manage our resources. Roles have become almost non-existent, and families have the ability to define constants. -
Works Cited
https://www.prb.org/resources/understanding-the-dynamics-of-family-change-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=Beginning%20in%20the%201960s%E2%80%94and%20accelerating%20over%20the%20last,have%20transformed%20family%20life%20in%20the%20United%20States.
https://www.regain.us/advice/family/family-systems-theory-definition-what-is-it/
https://www.history.com/news/feminism-four-waves#first-wave-1848-1920
https://www.aafcs.org/partnership/about-aafcs