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Catharine Beecher
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Ellen S. Richards
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (1842-1911) 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. -
W.O. Atwater
Wilbur Olin Atwater (1844-1907) was an American chemist known for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism, and is considered the father of modern nutrition research and education -
Edward Youmans
Edward Youmans wrote The Handbook of Household Sciences -
Isabella Mary Beeton
Isabella Mary wrote the Book of Household Management. -
First Morrill Act
First Morrill Act is passed, providing federal lands to the states to be sold to support colleges of agriculture and mechanical arts. -
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville became a land-grant institution.Founded in 1871 as the Arkansas Industrial University on the site of a hilltop farm overlooking the Ozark Mountains, giving it the nickname “The Hill.” The school’s name was changed to the University of Arkansas in 1899 -
Caroline Rose Hunt
Caroline Rose Hunt (1865-1927) was an American heiress and hotelier who was at one time the wealthiest woman in the United States. She is known for having been the founder of Rosewood Hotels & Resorts, which she opened in 1979. -
Mary Welch
Mary B. Welch teaches home economics to women at Iowa State College; first effort to teach home economics to college students -
Lulu Graves
Lulu Grace Graves (1874-1949) was an American dietitian, who was, from 1917 to 1920, the first president of the American Dietetic Association. -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
Clara Belle Williams (1885-1993) was the first African-American graduate of New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, became an educator, and raised sons who became doctors. -
Hatch Act
The Hatch Act of 1887 gave federal funds, initially of $15,000 each, to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, as well as pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth. -
Second Morill Act
Second Morill Act which provided for annual appropriations to each state to support its land grant college, was passed by Congress in 1890. Thus the 1890 act led to the establishment of land grant institutions for African Americans. -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff became a land-grant university. Founded in 1873 and opened in 1875 as the Branch Normal College as an affiliate of the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville. In 1927, the school severed its ties with the University of Arkansas and became Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College, moving to its present location in Pine Bluff in 1929. -
Nutritional Lunch
First nutritional lunch school program in Boston by Ellen Richards. -
Smith-Lever Act
The Smith-Lever Act is passed, specifying the creation of the Agriculture Extension Service to provide farm women with education in home economics and men with education in agriculture. -
Smith-Hughes Act
The Act provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
Betty Lamp
The betty lamp was made of iron or brass, and they burned fish oil/fat trimmings and had wicks of cloth.In 1926, the American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol for the association. -
Capper-Ketchman Act
The Capper–Ketcham Act was an Act to provide for the further development of agricultural extension work between the agricultural colleges in the several States and also to teach boys and girls about agriculture. -
George-Reed Act
The George-Reed Act focused only on agriculture and home economics. It removed home economics from the trade and industrial sections of the Smith Hughes Act. It allotted no funding, and had a five year term limit. It did however authorize annual appropriations. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
The Vocational Education Act supported and funded residential vocational schools, work-study,programs,training,and research in the VE program and business education. -
The Eleventh Lake Placid Conference
The Eleventh Lake Placid Conference is held to develop consensus among members. -
Clara Belle Williams
Clara Belle Williams was awarded a hoary doctorate degree from New Mexico State University who apologized for the treatment she received as a student. -
Rumford Kitchen
The Rumford Kitchen was developed by Ellen Swallow Richards in 1894 at the World’s Fair in Chicago. The kitchen served over 10,000 people lunch in over 2 months.The menu of the served items included nutritional values such as macronutrients. -
Carl Perkins Act
The purpose of Carl Perkins Act of 1984 was to provide individuals with academic and technical skills needed to succeed in a knowledge- and skills-based economy. The bill was enacted after being signed by the President on October 19,1984. -
Name Change
Name Changed from Home economics to Family and Consumer Sciences.