FACS History

By jamie.hefley
  • Catherine Beecher

    Catherine Beecher

    Wrote many FACS textbooks. The first textbook she wrote was, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy."

  • CF Langworthy

    Chemist who studied the chemical composition of food and the mechanisms of metabolism. He was the coeditor of the, "Journal of Home Economics."

  • Morril Act of 1862

    Provided grants to the states to finance colleges that focused on agriculture and mechanical arts.

  • Land Grant University

    An institution of higher education in the United States designed by a state to receive the benefits of the Morril Act. The first Land Grant University was Kansas State University in February 16, 1863.
  • Justin Smith Morril

    Justin Smith Morril

    Representative then Senator from Vermont. Established the Morril Act of 1862.
  • Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    University of Arkansas, in Fayetteville and University of Arkansas of Pine Bluff, in Pine Bluff.
  • W.O. Atwater

    W.O. Atwater

    Named "Father of Nutrition" He invented the Bomb Calorimeter. This measures the combustion heat of oxygen burnable samples.
  • Ellen S. Richards

    Ellen S. Richards

    Sold lunches at the Chicago World's Fair in the Rumford Kitchen.
  • Lake Placid Conference

    Lake Placid Conference

    11 leaders came up with the name, "home economics."

  • Smith-Lever Act

    This act was put into place to educate poor Americans about advances in agriculture and technology.

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting pre collegiate vocational education in agriculture and family and consumer sciences.
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

    Founded by 58 people. This is the worlds largest organization of food and nutritional professionals.
  • Hatch Act

    Hatch Act

    Protect federal employees from political coercion in the workplace.
  • Clara Belle Drisdale Williams

    Clara Belle Drisdale Williams

    First African American woman to graduate New Mexico State University. The college named a street after her.

  • Vocational Education Act of 1963

    Secondary schools could give students and adults jobs that didn't require a college degree.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968

    Added onto and expanded the funding for the Vocational Education Act of 1963.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1973

    Enforced more reasonable workforce preparation education and added programs.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    Baned discrimination based on gender in schools.

  • Carl Perkins Act

    Federal funding to states and grants for the improvement of secondary CTE programs.
  • AHEA changed to FCS

    AHEA changed to FCS

    American Home Economics Associations changed name to Family and Consumer Sciences.