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Catherine Beecher
- wrote numerous works on domestics and home life
- published ‘The Treatise on Domestic Economy” in 1841
- book put emphasis on the fact that women could change society from their homes
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Justin Smith Morrill
- Morrill was a representative for the Morrill Act of 1862
- This act provided land to states to finance the establishment of colleges -It made higher education available and more relevant for the working class
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Land Grant Universities
- land grant universities are institutions of higher education that fall under the Morrill Act
- the first college in Arkansas to become a land-grant college was the university of Arkansas at Fayetteville
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Ellen Swallow Richards
- founder of home economics
- first woman to graduate with a Bachelors of Science from MIT
- First president of AHEA
- published “Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning” in 1882
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Hatch Act
- provided necessary research to be conducted by state colleges of agriculture in cooperation with the USDA
- provided $15,000 yearly for state established agriculture experiment stations
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Second Morrill Act
- this second act was passed to allow funding for African American colleges
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Rumford Kitchen
- designed by Ellen Richards as a way to educate people on the importance of sanitation and cooking
- used only as a way to educate, not for money purposes
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First Nutritional Lunch Program
- Ellen Richards introduces first lunch program in Boston
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AHEA is formed
- American Home Economics Association is formed
- in 1926 they chose the Betty lmao as their logo as a “symbol of learning”
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Smith Lever Act
-extended outreach programs through the land grant colleges to educate rural Americans about the advancements in agriculture and technology
- known as the Cooperative Extension Service
- taught farmers how to preserve food, construct clothing, and budget finances -
American Dietetic Association
The American Dietetic Association is founded -
Smith Hughes Act
- provided federal aid for promoting precollegiate vocational education in agriculture, industrial trades, and home economics
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Capper Ketchum Act
- extended the Smith Lever Act to cover home economics and agriculture to young boys and girls
- allowed clubs such as 4H and FFA to benefit from funds
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George Reed Act
- authorized added funds for home economics and agrriculture which were to increase every year for five years
- made home economics funding more prosperous
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George Ellzey Act
- annual funds raised to $3 million to each field for 3 years
- increase in vocational class enrollment
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Agnes Faye Morgan
- chair of the Department of Home economics is appointed to serve on President Roosevelts First Nutrition Congress
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Caroline L. Hunt
- wrote the biography of Ellen Richards
- was present at the Lake Placid Conference
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Manpower Development and Training Act
- laid groundwork for occupational home economics
- produced curriculum materials which would be useful for teaching home economics
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Vocational Education Acts of ‘63
- implemented by President John F. Kennedy
- replaced the Smith HUghes Act
- reduced federal control and introduced work-study programs
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Vocational Amendment of ‘68
- extended the work from 1963 with more emphasis on the individual rather than the occupation
- states that participated were required to meat a specific criteria in providing federal funds for vocational education programs.
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Vocational Act of ‘76
- provided vocational funding of over $1 billion until 1982
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Name Change
-American Home Economics Association became the American Association of Family and Consumer Science
