Timeline of the History of FCS

By thompsonhb3

  • Benjamin Thompson

    Benjamin Thompson
    He invented the first range with temperature probes.

  • Catherine Beecher

    Catherine Beecher
    She wrote the first work to deal with the facets of domestic life.

  • Land Grant University

    Provides federal support for education in agriculture.

  • Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862

    This act gave money from the sale of federal land to create higher education institutions.

  • W. O. Atwater

    W. O. Atwater
    In 1868, he enrolled in Yale. He is known as the father of nutrition.

  • Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    These include University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

  • Ellen Swallow Richards

    Ellen Swallow Richards
    First woman admitted to MIT.

  • Maria Parloa

    Maria Parloa
    She gave lectures on cookery. She was an early figure in domestic science which later became home economics.

  • Lake Placid Conference 1899

    Lake Placid Conference 1899
    This is the conference where Home Economics emerged as a discipline.

  • Smith-Lever Act of 1914

    This act established a national Cooperative Extension Service that provides outreach programs to rural Americans.

  • Lulu C. Graves

    Lulu C. Graves
    She was the first president of the American Dietetic Association.

  • Smith-Hughes Act of 1917

    Provided federal aid for the purpose of promoting vocational education.

  • Martha Van Rensselaer

    Martha Van Rensselaer
    She was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics.

  • Flora Rose

    Flora Rose
    She was an American scientist, nutritionist, and co-director with Martha Van Rensselaer

  • Lillian Gilbreth

    Lillian Gilbreth
    She became a speaker in home economics for colleges about her methods to reduce fatigue and increase efficiency. She published The Home-maker and her job in 1927.

  • Flemmie Pansy Kittrell

    Flemmie Pansy Kittrell
    1st African American lady to receive a doctorate in nutrition.

  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    This offers new and expanded vocational education programs.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973

    Extends the work of the 1963 amendments, but changes emphasis to people instead of occupations. The 1973 amendment was designed to protect people with disabilities.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    This amendment requires states to develop programs to eliminate discrimination.

  • Carl Perkins Act

    Provides funds to supplement districts for services that would not have been provided if these funds were not available.