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Justin Smith Morrill//Morrill Act of 1862
More colleges were built with this act. They were able to make them with the proceeds of federal land sales. -
Land Grant University
They were to extend educational opportunities that promoted agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy. This was later known as home economics. -
Ellen got admitted into Vassar College
She was called a "special student' -
Mary B. Welch taught a home economics class
She taught this course to women at Iowa State College and was believed to be the first effort to teach a home economics class. -
Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff -
First Meeting
American Home Economics Association was created and Ellen Richards was appointed as the first president. -
4-H
The first girls tomato club was created through Agricultural Extension by Marie Cromer -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
The act established the Cooperative Extension Service. It also required all land grant universities to establish an Agricultural Experiment Station. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This set vocational education apart from high school curriculum and also got federal funds. It is now called career and technical education (CTE). -
Symbol
The Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as their symbol. -
Food Corporations
Home economists were employed to create recipes for others in the classroom -
George-Dean Act
Authorized appropriations of 4 million dollars to each field -
Appliances
The first electric stove and refrigerator were purchased for the department. -
Caroline L. Hunt
Wrote a biography of Ellen Richards -
Florence Low
Florence was president of AHEA and wanted to find ways to eliminate racial tensions. -
Head Start established
It is a childcare program where you can leave your kids there, while you work. Once you get off, you pick them up. It helped a lot of moms when this came out. -
Research and Application
Nutrition and child development expanded and information on consumer product safety increased. By doing this, different areas of specialization were created. -
School Lunch Program
First lunch school program was created by Ellen Richards in Boston. -
Carl Perkins Act
Used to support secondary and post secondary vocational education programs in agriculture, business, and technology. -
Change of named
The convention held in San Diego, California voted to change American Home Economics Association to the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
