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Oberlin College
In 1835 Oberlin became one of the first colleges in the United States to admit African Americans and in 1837 the first to admit women to admit women as degree candidates. Oberlin, Ohio. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born in 1842. Recognized as the founder of home economics, a discipline that became Family & Consumer Sciences. She was the 1st woman to graduate from MIT. -
Sewing machine, washing machine & evaporate milk
These items changed the household chores & made things easier and cleaner -
Morrill Act
The Morrill Land-Grant Acts are United States statutes that allowed for the creation of land-grant colleges in U.S. states using the proceeds of federal land sales. -
14th amendment
The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1868, granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including former slaves—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” -
Population growth 1870
The 1870 Census was the first census to provide detailed information on the African-American population, only five years after the culmination of the Civil War when slaves were granted freedom. The total population was 38,925,598 with a resident population of 38,558,371 individuals, a 22.62% increase from 1860. grows to 39 million in the U.S. -
MIT opens Womens Lab
Ellen Swallow Richards raised money to launch the MIT Women’s Laboratory, where she taught chemical analysis, industrial chemistry, mineralogy, and biology to women. That lab, which drew some 500 students -
Ellen Richards feeds the poor
In 1890, Richards pioneered the New England Kitchen, a scientific take-out restaurant designed to feed nutritious and inexpensive food to the poor. -
Rumford Kitchen
In 1893, Richards was in charge of the Rumford Kitchen at the World's Fair in Chicago. The exhibit known as the Rumford Kitchen is the outgrowth of the work, in the application of the principles of chemistry to the science of cooking, which has for three years been carried on as an educational agency by Mrs. Robert H. Richards and Mrs. Dr. John J. Abel, with pecuniary assistance from certain public-spirited citizens of Boston. -
Lake placid
Ellen Swallow RIchards helps organize Lake placid conferences -
Dramatic population growth of 1900
Dramatic population growth occurred in U.S cities 76 million -
Ellen Richards first woman elected
In 1908, Richards was chosen as the first president of the newly formed American Home Economics Association -
School lunch programs were started
In January 1910, Home Economics classes in Boston began an experimental program serving an early lunch to elementary school students three days a week. On the off days, a simple meal of milk and sandwiches was served. -
Smith-Lever Act
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 is a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land-grant universities, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H & economic development. -
Smith Hughes Act
Smith-Hughes Act, formally National Vocational Education Act, U.S. legislation, adopted in 1917, that provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
The food industry
Newly Food corporations start employment for home economists to create recipes and nutritional information for classroom use. -
George-Reed Act
The George-Reed Act of 1929 allowed for a 4-year increase in funding to universities by $1 million annually to expand vocational education in Agriculture and Home economics. -
Agnes Faye Morgan
Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of Department of Home Economics at University of California Berkley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt's first Nutritional Congress. -
Carl Perkins Act
The Perkins Act is the primary federal funding source for high school, college and university CTE programs that are critical for preparing youth and adults, including immigrants, for jobs in local and regional economies. It was first authorized by the federal government in 1984 and reauthorized in 1998, 2006 and 2018. -
American Home Economics Association Name Change
In 1994 the American Home Economics Association changed its name to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). The association currently acts as a professional network primarily for professors and teachers of home economics and related courses but also includes large numbers from the government, business, and non-profit organizations.
