The History of Family and Consumer Sciences

Catharine Esther Beecher published "A Treatise on Domestic Economy"

1841

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catharine-Beecher

The Morrill Act was signed by Abraham Lincoln, sponsored by JUSTIN SMITH MORRILL

Jul 2, 1862

https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/morrill.html

Ellen Henrietta Richards entered Vassar College, NY, as a special student and graduated two years later.

1868

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/ellen-h-swallow-richards

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.

1873

https://www.hhs.k-state.edu/150/library/

Ellen Swallow Richards~ 1st woman to earn a Bachelors at MIT, and she also became an Instructor

1873

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards

Ellen (Nellie) Richards married Robert Hallowell Richards who supported her endeavors.

1875

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/ellen-h-swallow-richards

Ellen Swallow Richards published, "The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers"

1882

https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/ellen-h-swallow-richards

Boston, Mass. began offering courses in Domestic Science

1885

https://ghsalumnaeboston.org/history

The HATCH Act = $15,000/year for state established agricultural experiment stations

1887

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatch_Act_of_1887

Ellen Richards performed a Water Quality Survey, "Great Sanitary Survey"

1887

“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.”
https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/ellen-h-swallow-richards.html

The Second Morrill Act was passed

1890

https://www.usda.gov/media/blog/2015/07/15/second-morrill-act-redux-americas-1890s-land-grant-universities-academic

The World Columbian Expo in Chicago~ The Rumford Kitchen~ “science of nutrition”

1893

https://whatscookinvt.wordpress.com/2017/03/16/whm-ellen-richards/

First Nutritional Lunch program was started by E.H.S. Richards

1894

http://ozwisdomsandlessons.com/clean-water-and-food-heroine-ellen-swallow-richards/

The first Lake Placid conference when the American Home Economics Association was established

1899

https://www.lakeplacidhistory.com/home-economics-history/

Focus on Childcare & Home & Family Life in Home Economics

1899

http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/child.html

State backed support grows for practical education beyond the 8th grade ~ Secondary education expands to include vocational education

1901

https://emke.uwm.edu/entry/vocational-education/

The first girl’s tomato club (4-H) organized by teacher Marie Cromer ~Agricultural Extension

1909

https://footnote.wordpress.ncsu.edu/2019/11/10/girls-tomato-and-canning-clubs-11-22-2015/

Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards died at her home in Jamaica Plain, Mass. from Angina.

Mar 30, 1911

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Swallow_Richards

Two white women become home demonstration agents in South Carolina

1912

https://floridarevealed.tumblr.com/post/125176096374/home-demonstration-clubs

Two black women from South Carolina advocated for home demonstration work for women & girls

1914

https://floridarevealed.tumblr.com/post/125176096374/home-demonstration-clubs

Smith Lever Act ~ Agriculture Extension Act was passed

1914

https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/canning/items/show/117

The Smith-Hughes Act is passed, establishing federal support for vocational education

1917

ffa.org

1917-1919 Home Economists teach the nation the rules of substitution

1918

https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/war/world-war-i-propaganda-poster-us-food-administration-1917-world-war-i-poster-no-21-14-x-21-little-americando/a/161122-52461.s

AHEA sets goals to establish & maintain proper instruction for girls and boys

1918

https://www.hetwebsite.net/het/schools/aea.htm

The Home Economic section is added to the APLU~ American Association of Land-Grant Colleges

1920

https://www.aplu.org/about-us/history-of-aplu/

Parenting classes for men and women encouraged

1920

https://www.redbookmag.com/life/mom-kids/g4109/worst-parenting-advice-through-the-decades/?slide=1

Childcare recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum

1925

https://www.gradebook.org/Home%20Economics.htm

Food corporations begin employing home economists to create recipes and nutritional information for other home economists in the classroom

1926

Home Economists promoted classes in Marriage & Family Life for high school students

1930

http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/h/hearth/child.html

Home economist in the state become accepted by the public as experts in human nutrition

1931

Agnes Faye Morgan, chair of the Department of Home Economics at UC Berkeley, is appointed to serve on President Roosevelt’s First Nutrition Congress

1941

The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics

1943

journals.ala.org

President Dwight Eisenhower honored Marie Cromer Seigler for her role as a founder of 4-H Clubs.

1953

https://www.clemson.edu/extension/lever-hof/inductees/marie_cromer_seigler.html

Integration begins~ Feminists criticize scientific experts in home economics for fostering restrictive roles for women~ Rise in specialized programs in colleges

1960

https://rmc.library.cornell.edu/homeEc/4impact/africa.html

Vocational Education Act~ gainful employment outside the home

1963

https://voc-ed.ehe.osu.edu/1963-vocational-ed-act/

Vocation Education Act amended to include handicapped and disadvantaged

1968

https://scvrd.net/history

Home Economists begin to gear its work seriously towards males- Vocational Ed Act

1976

https://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog/study-vocational-classes-keep-high-school-students-interested

AHEA launched Project 2000- enhancing programs to meet diversity needs

1989

Picture from: https://blog.trueaccord.com/2017/08/diversity-builds-successful-teams-tech/

“Rethinking Women & Home Economics in the 20th Century” @CORNELL University, Ithaca, New York

1991

https://www.logolynx.com/topic/cornell

5 major Home Economics Associations create a process to evaluate the mission, breadth and scope of the profession

1992

Name changes from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences

1994

*1993 Meeting in Scottsdale confirms the name change and starts the official process to become FCS in '94

Association membership decreases and FCS programs struggle to stay in public schools

1998

Picture from: https://psmag.com/social-justice/more-information-and-less-knowledge-than-ever-4624

First Lake Bonneville Summit held at BYU-Idaho to commemorate and generate positive professional networks in the Southeast Idaho area

Apr 24, 2009

https://www.byui.edu/teacher-education/accreditation/professional-certification-programs/secondary-education/family-and-consumer-science

100 year celebrations held nationally for the organization of AAFCS

Jun 25, 2009

"Celebrating the past, sustaining the future" ~2009~ 100 Year Anniversary
https://online.aafcs.org/aafcsssa/ecssashop.show_product_detail?p_session_serno=&p_mode=detail&p_product_serno=263&p_cust_id=

107th Annual Conference & Expo: "Improving the Health and Well-Being of a Changing Society" Held in Bellevue, Washington

Jun 22, 2016

https://www.aafcs.org/aafcs-events/all-events/ac-history
Picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/fengwei888/5399408623

110th AAFCS Annual Conference & Expo~@ST. LOUIS, Missouri

2019

https://www.aafcs.org/aafcs-events/all-events/ac-history