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Ellen Swallow Richards
Ellen Richards is one of the founders of modern-day Family and Consumer Sciences. She lobbied for the introduction of courses in domestic science into the public schools of Boston, and in 1897 she helped Mary M.K. Kehew organize a school of housekeeping in the Woman’s Educational and Industrial Union. In 1910 she was named to the council of the National Education Association with primary responsibility for overseeing the teaching of home economics in public schools. -
Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862 is known as the Land Grant College Act. The act was to boost higher education and was signed by Abraham Lincon. The grant was originally set up to establish institutions in each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and other professions that were practical at the time. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
Martha Van Rensselaer organized an extension program for New York State's rural women in 1900, and in its succession of female extension work, Cornell University decided to offer full-time home economics courses, and eventually was invited to head the fledgling Department of Home Economics. -
University of Arkansas- Fayetteville
The University of Arkansas In Fayetteville was built in 1871. The state legislature approved the establishment of a land-grant university, to be known as the Arkansas Industrial University, and classes began on January 22, 1872, with seven boys and one girl in attendance. -
Hatch Act
The Hatch Act authorized strengthening the capacity of land grant universities to research agricultural problems, which helped bring the 1914 Smith Lever Act. -
University of Arkansas- Pine Bluff
The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff opened in 1873 and is the second oldest public university in Arkansas, it is also a historically black institution in Arkansas. It is also one of only nineteen 1890 land-grant institutions in the country. -
Foundation of “home economics”
In 1899 11 people gathered at Lake Placid in New York, and created the name “home economics” to help teach students everyday life situations. -
Foundation of American Home Economics Association
This organization was created in 1909 by Ellen Swallow Richards, and was chartered on New Year’s Day in 1910 -
Smith-Lever Act
The Smith lever Act created a Cooperative Extension Service which associated with each land grant university, which helped the partnerships between agricultural colleges and United States Department of Agriculture spread the research. -
Smith-Hughes Act
Authorized federal funds and supported secondary and postsecondary training in agriculture, and modern-day Family and Consumer Sciences -
American Home Economics Association Adopted A New Symbol
The American Home Economics Association adoopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol. It’s names means “to make better” in German. The logo has only been changed once since then in 2010 for a more modern look -
Future Homemakers of America was Founded
Future Homemakers of America was founded at a convention in Chicago -
Future Homemakers of America’s first national convention
Future Homemakers of America’s held their first national convention in Kansas City, Missouri -
Carl Perkins Act of 1963
Was originally passed as the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and was renamed the Carl D. Perkins Act in 1984. It was passed to help connect funds to states to provide secondary and postsecondary CTE education classes to employers. -
Vocational Education Act- Amendment of 1968
The amendment was made to officially reference postsecondary students, and extended funding for students from smaller populations -
Vocational Education Act- Amendment of 1976
This amendment required states who received federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities & programs to eliminate gender bias, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Teen Times introduced
Teen Times was introduced and mass printed and was sent to every member of Future Homemakers of America -
American Home Economics Association turns into American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
In 1994 American Home Economics Association changed their name to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences. -
Future Homemakers of America changed their name
Future Homemakers of America changed their name to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) -
FCCLA introduced STAR Events
FCCLA introduced a new national competition, where middle and high school aged students compete on the regional, state and national level. In 2011 they introduced online STAR or Students Taking Action with Recognition Events and added 33 new STAR Events in 2014. -
Carl Perkins Act of 2018
President Trump signed the reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act which approved $1.2 billion funding for Career Technical Education (CTE). It was also reauthorized in 2006.
