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Benjamin Thomas
first to experiment with household issues -
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Catharine Beecher
began the home economics movement and important figures in women education -
Ellen Richards
graduated with a bachelors and later received an degree in chemistry. she was the founder of AAFCS -
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Melvil and Annie Dewey
pivotal in creating careers for women and moving Home Economics to higher education -
Isabella Mary Beeton
wrote the Book of Household Management -
Morrill Act of 1862
-an act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic art
-provided each state with 30,000 acres of federal land -
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Land Grant University
institute of higher education that was given federal land by Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 -
Land Grant University in Arkansas
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville -
Mary B. Welch
taught home economics to women at Iowa State College -
Land Grant University in Arkansas
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff -
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Progressive Era
women began to have the same rights as men and economy was improved -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
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
an act of the U.S. Congress that promoted vocational education and in agricultural, trade and industry, and homemaking and provided federal funds for this purpose -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
eliminated federal supervision and control of all available vocational programs across America -
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Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
-July 11, 1968 demonstrates that only minimal vocational education resources were being made available to handicapped and other children with special needs
-put in place to correct the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities in the United States. Affirmative action programs were established in Title V, Sections 501, 502, 503, and 504 -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education -
Scottsdale Meeting
the name was officially changed to Family and Consumer Sciences -
Family and Consumer Sciences
changed name from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences -
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
name was changed to Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) -
Carl Perkins Act
the primary federal funding source for high school, college and university Career Technical Education, CTE, programs that are critical for preparing youth and adults, including immigrants, for jobs in local and regional economies
