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Ellen Richards
She was the 1st female student to attend MIT and she made important contributions to the understanding of environmental systems. -
Morrill Act of 1862
It was set up to establish institutions in each state that would educate people in agriculture, Home Economics, mechanical arts, and other practical professions of the time period. -
Land Grant Colleges
United States institutions of higher education that were granted land by the federal government as a result of the Morrill Act of 1862. -
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
The Arkansas Industrial University (University of Arkansas at Fayetteville) became the land-grant institution and the first state-assisted college in Arkansas, under the Morrill Act of 1862. -
W.O. Atwater
Established the first agricultural experimental station in the U.S. -
Lulu Graves
Helped found the American Dietetic Association and was the first president of the association. -
Rumford Kitchen & Chicago World’s Fair
Ellen Richards was invited to be a part of a women’s building at the Chicago World’s Fair, and cook in the demonstration kitchen. However, she refused because she felt that it was not only a woman’s job to cook. She decided to build her own building and she called it the Rumford Kitchen. -
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Caroline Hunt
Headed the newly established Home Economics department at the University of Wisconsin. -
Smith-Lever Act of 1914
Established the Cooperative Extension Service. -
Cooperative Extension Service
It was originally created to extend outreach programs through land-grant universities that would educate rural Americans on agricultural advances. -
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Martha Rensselaer
President of the American Home Economics Department. -
American Dietetic Association
Founded by a group of women led by Lenna F. Cooper mad Lulu C. Graves. It was intended to help the government with food conservation and improve the health and wellness of the public. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Provided federal aide for states to promote precollegite vocational education in agriculture, industrial trades, and Home Economics. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
Extended the work of the previous amendment while also allocating funds for curriculum development and personnel training. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Expands special federal responsibilities and research and training programs with respect to individuals with disabilities. It also extends and revises the authorization of grants to states for vocational rehabilitation services. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Eliminated gender bias, stereotyping, and gender discrimination in vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Vocational Act of 1984
Designed to increase the quality of technical education in the United States and authorized federal funds to be used for vocational education. -
Carl Perkins Act of 1990
Extension of the act. -
Carl Perkins Act of 2006
Source of federal funding to states for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs in the nation.