Oberlin College, 1st to admit women as degree candidates
singer sewing machine, washing machine, and evaporated milk, make life easier at home
Paper made from wood pulp
14th amendment adopted, giving African Americans the right to citizenship
Ellen Richards Graduates Vassar college in 1870, then attends MIT
US population grows to 39 million
Mary B. Welch was assigned the task of teaching home economics to women at Iowa State College
MIT opens it's Women's Laboratory
Ellen Richards is first women elected President of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
Land-Grant universities were developed to extend educational opportunities to promote studies in agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy
Richards helped create the Rumford Kitchen at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
Bostons becomes 1st city with school lunch program
RIchards helps organize Lake placid conferences
Dramatic population growth occured in U.S cities during the two decades between 1880 & 1900
Ellen Richards founded the American Home Economics Association
Richards spearheaded the inception of the Journal of Home Economics
Smith-Lever Act established the cooperative extension service
Smith-Hughes Act Set vocational education apart from the regular high school curriculum and established federal funds to support vocational education (CTE)
Perkins Act supports secondary and postsecondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business and technology
Naming of AAFCS at American Home Economics Association convention, members voted to change the name of the organization to Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
