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Morrill Act of 1862
This provides land grants to states for them to establish agriculture and mechanical centered universities. -
Land Grant University
This is a university designated by the state legislature to receive the full benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. -
Justin Smith Morrill
He began his 1st of 44 years in the Senate! -
University of Arkansas
The first university to use the Morrill Act benefits in Arkansas. -
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
The second university to receive built on a land grant and use the reek the full benefits of the Morrill Act. -
Ellen Serves Healthy School Lunches
She began the first nutritional lunch program. -
American Home Economics Association
Named and created by Ellen Richards and a small group of colleagues at the Lake Placid Conference of 1909. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
She was a sanitary chemist who blazed trails and was years beyond her time. She established the modern say AAFCS. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This established a Cooperative Extension Service. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This provides federal aid to states so they can promote secondary vocational education. -
Betty Lamp
The AHEA adopted the Betty Lamp design as a symbol of the association to provide light for all household industries. -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Chair of the UC Berkley Department of Home Economics is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt's First Nutritional Congress. -
Carl Perkins
This was when Carl Perkins got elected to Congress where he would eventually leave his mark on the Education and Labor Committee. -
Florence Low
President of AHEA after Ellen Richards. Florence acknowledged racial tensions and set out to disrupt them. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This replaced the Smith-Hughes Act and introduced work-study opportunities, gender equity, and increased funding. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This was the 1st vocational piece of legislation to officially reference post-secondary students. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
This prohibits discrimination from federally funded programs based on disability. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This promoted equal opportunities for women and girls. -
American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
The American Home Economics Association changed its name to the more modern, American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. -
Carl Perkins Act
This is the principal source of funding for career and technical education programs.
