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Discovering of Food Makeup
1840 — Justus Liebig of Germany, a pioneer in early plant growth studies, was the first to point out the chemical makeup of carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Carbohydrates were made of sugars, fats were fatty acids, and proteins were made up of amino acids. -
Annie Godfrey Dewey
Was instrumental in getting home economics into higher education and into public schools.
First librarian at Wellesley College
Co Founded the international Library of Congress.
Her and her husband attended the Lake Placid conferences. -
Alice Norton
Born in Landeville, Massachusetts
Attended and graduated at Smith College in 1882
In 1883 organized the Sanitary Science Club within the Association of Collegiate Alumnae
Lectured at Hartford and Casell seminary
Earned a Sanitary Chemistry degree at MIT
After retirement, worked as dietitian and served as the chairman of the food and marketing committee of the Women’s City Club of Chicago -
Land Grant University
Extend educational opportunities that promoted agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy (home economies) -
Morrill Act
Morrill Land Act of 1862: set aside federal land to create college to "benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts". Signed into law on July 2,1862. made educational opportunities available to the masses and provide programs focused on practical issues -
George Washington Carver
Black food pioneer. Worked with peanuts, introducing the concept of crop rotation with soil building. Conducted research on plant biology, created a mobile classroom to bring valuable lesson to farmers in Alabama. helped created food system improving the quality of life for Southern famers. -
Land Grant University of Arkansas
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff -
Benjamin Andrews
Professor of Home Economics for over 40 years at Columbia University
Served as chairman of the editorial board for the Journal of Home Economics
Attended the Lake Placid Conferences and served as the Secretary-Treasurer of new AHEA. -
National Honor Society
Omicron Nu @ Michigan Agricultural College, Michigan State University. Recognizes scholarships in Family and Comsumer Science. Phi Upsilon Omicron -
Simth Lever Act 1914
Established Cooperative Extension Service. Required land-grant college to establish Agricultural Experiment Station. Expanded now to textile fiver science, nutrition, family relation, human development, and consumer economics. -
Smith-Hughes Act 1917
First Act setting vocational education apart from regular high curriculum. Established federal funding to support. Now is called Career & Technical Education (CTE) -
Home Economic Assoication
Betty Lamp adopted by AAFCS as the national symbol. Derived from a German term meaning "to make better". Represents the "the professions' enlightens through leadership in thought and action for family and consumer science professional" -
Lloyd Hall
in 1932, discovered a mothed of suppressing food-spoiling nitrogen by combining sodium chloride with sodium nitrate and nitrite. developed approaches to prevent food spoilage by using chemicals liken lecithin as antioxidants and invented a way to purify from microbes. -
SNAP
SNAP was first built in 1933 as part of the Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA). The program, known as Federal Surplus Relief Corporation, was established in the midst of the Great Depression, when prices for crops fell dramatically and farms across America were struggling to deal with the excess supply. To support farmers, the Federal government bought basic farm commodities at discount prices and distributed them among hunger relief agencies in states and local communities. -
Lunch Act
1946 Richard B Russell created to provide free/low cost school lunch meals to qualified students National School Lunch Program (NSLP) Updated in 2012; Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids ACT New guidelines requires kids to pick a fruit or veggie for every meal -
Vocational Education of 1963
Vocational Education Act of 1963 provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. The funds were earmarked for occupations in demand. Funds were also provided for constructing area schools for vocational education as well as provisions for vocational office education, occupational training for potential school dropouts, and work-study programs. -
Founding of Pre-K
Intro in 1965 Head state program by Pres.Johnson
The fed gov helped for low income families. Began as a summer pilot programs that included and educational nutrition and
health screening1960 only 10% of 3-4 year old, 2005 around 65% of 3-4 years old -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 (Public Law 90-576) modified existing programs and provided for a National Advisory Council on Vocational Education and collection and dissemination of information for programs administered by the Commissioner of Education.
1973 Amendment an act to replace the vocational rehabilitation act, to extend and revise the authorization of grants to states with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe handicaps. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
The 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Equity Act of 1963, required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Act
The Vocational Education Act of 1984, often referred to as the Carl D. Perkins Act or the Perkins Act, authorizes federal funds to support vocational education programs. One of the goals for the Perkins Act is to improve the access of either those who have been underserved in the past or those who have greater-than-average educational needs.