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Land Grant University: Iowa State University
A land grant university is a university that was chosen to reap the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. Some universities like that of Iowa State University (formed in 1858) were already in place before the act was created, but agricultural and mechanical colleges were added to Iowa State University because of the Morrilll Act of 1862. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
This act allowed for the creation of colleges using federal land. 30,000 acres were granted to each state, and the act was named after Senator Justin S. Morrill. The colleges were to focus on agriculture, economics, and mechanical arts. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
Originally the Arkansas Industrial University, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville was founded in 1871 as a land grant university. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was founded in 1873 as another one of Arkansas' land grant universities. -
W. O. Atwater
Atwater is considered to be the "Father of Nutrition". From 1872-1882 he conducted studies regarding human foods for the United States Fish Commission. -
Anna Barrows
Barrows published many reading materials regarding home economics. In 1890, she published "Eggs: Facts and Fancies About Them". She also co-founded the first professional home economics journal. -
C. F. Langworthy
Langworthy created publications on economics and foods, with one of his publications being "Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food" in 1907. He was also a co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics. -
Ellen Richards and the American Home Economics Association
Ellen Richards founded the American Home Economics Association in 1909, and she was an activist of nutrition, child protection, public health, and women's rights, among other things. -
Una B Herrick
Herrick worked at Montana State College as the first dean of women. She organized the first annual Women's Vocational Congress in 1913. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The Smith Lever Act of 1914 created a Cooperative Extension Service that allowed for programs to inform Americans about breakthroughs and practices in agriculture. These programs were available through land grand universities. -
Martha Rensselaer
Rensselaer was the president of the American Home Economics Association from 1914-1916 and was a head of the Department of Home Economics at Cornell. She developed Cooperative Extension Service programs at Cornell. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act offered federal aid to states in order to promote vocational education regarding agriculture and other trades. -
Lulu Graves
Graves co-founded the American Dietetic Association in 1917 and was the first president of the organization. It is now called the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. -
Agnes Ellen Harris
Harris was the dean of the School of Home Economics at Alabama from 1922-1927. She has a scholarship named after her called the Agnes Ellen Harris Graduate Scholarship for Women at the University of Alabama. -
Betty Lamp
The American Home Economics Association chose to use the Betty Lamp as its symbol in 1926. -
National School Lunch Act
This act allowed for the creation of the National School Lunch Program which provided inexpensive or free lunches to children in need. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This act offered grants to improve and expand vocational education programs as well as funded developing programs related to occupations that were becoming popular. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
These amendments added to the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Both amendments expanded services and education for disabled persons as well as required advisory counsels to be created. -
Helen Clark
A professor of foods, Clark was the first woman to be considered a Distinguished Professor, and she won the Borden Award in 1968. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment required those receiving federal funds related to vocational education to prevent sex discrimination and stereotyping. -
Carl Perkins Act
This act improved the educational and technical skills being taught to individuals in order for success in a skill-based economy.