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Catharine Esther Beecher published "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"
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The Morrill Act was signed by Abraham Lincoln, sponsored by JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL
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Ellen Henrietta Richards entered Vassar College, NY, as a special student and graduated two years later.
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Kansas State established the first for-credit academic program in the field in a land-grant institution. It became the national model for curriculum and facilities.
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Ellen Swallow Richards~ 1st woman to earn a Bachelors at MIT, and she also became an Instructor
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Ellen (Nellie) Richards married Robert Hallowell Richards who supported her endeavors.
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Ellen Swallow Richards published, "The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers"
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The HATCH Act = $15,000/year for state established agricultural experiment stations
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Ellen Richards performed a Water Quality Survey, "Great Sanitary Survey"
“The accuracy of the work and the no less important accuracy of the records were mainly due to Mrs. Richards’s great zeal and vigilance.”
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The Second Morrill Act was passed
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The World Columbian Expo in Chicago~ The Rumford Kitchen~ “science of nutrition”
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First Nutritional Lunch program was started by E.H.S. Richards
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The first Lake Placid conference when the American Home Economics Association was established
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Focus on Childcare & Home & Family Life in Home Economics
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State backed support grows for practical education beyond the 8th grade ~ Secondary education expands to include vocational education
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The first girl’s tomato club (4-H) organized by teacher Marie Cromer ~Agricultural Extension
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Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards died at her home in Jamaica Plain, Mass. from Angina.
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Two white women become home demonstration agents in South Carolina
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Two black women from South Carolina advocated for home demonstration work for women & girls
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Smith Lever Act ~ Agriculture Extension Act was passed
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The Smith-Hughes Act is passed, establishing federal support for vocational education
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1917-1919 Home Economists teach the nation the rules of substitution
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AHEA sets goals to establish & maintain proper instruction for girls and boys
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The Home Economic section is added to the APLU~ American Association of Land-Grant Colleges
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Parenting classes for men and women encouraged
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Childcare recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum
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Food corporations begin employing home economists to create recipes and nutritional information for other home economists in the classroom
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Home Economists promoted classes in Marriage & Family Life for high school students
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Home economist in the state become accepted by the public as experts in human nutrition
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Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of the Department of Home Economics at UC Berkeley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt’s First Nutrition Congress
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The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics
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President Dwight Eisenhower honored Marie Cromer Seigler for her role as a founder of 4-H Clubs.
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Integration begins~ Feminists criticize scientific experts in home economics for fostering restrictive roles for women~ Rise in specialized programs in colleges
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Vocational Education Act~ gainful employment outside the home
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Home Economists begin to gear its work seriously towards males- Vocational Ed Act
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AHEA launched Project 2000- enhancing programs to meet diversity needs
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“Rethinking Women & Home Economics in the 20th Century” @CORNELL University, Ithaca, New York
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5 major Home Economics Associations create a process to evaluate the mission, breadth and scope of the profession
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Name changes from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences
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Association membership decreases and FCS programs struggle to stay in public schools
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First Lake Bonneville Summit held at BYU-Idaho to commemorate and generate positive professional networks in the Southeast Idaho area
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100 year celebrations held nationally for the organization of AAFCS
"Celebrating the past, sustaining the future" ~2009~ 100 Year Anniversary
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107th Annual Conference & Expo: "Improving the Health and Well-Being of a Changing Society" Held in Bellevue, Washington
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110th AAFCS Annual Conference & Expo~@ST. LOUIS, Missouri
