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She was the 1st female student to attend MIT and she made important contributions to the understanding of environmental systems.
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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.
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United States institutions of higher education that were granted land by the federal government as a result of the Morrill Act of 1862.
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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.
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Established the first agricultural experimental station in the U.S.
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Helped found the American Dietetic Association and was the first president of the association.
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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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Headed the newly established Home Economics department at the University of Wisconsin.
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Established the Cooperative Extension Service.
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It was originally created to extend outreach programs through land-grant universities that would educate rural Americans on agricultural advances.
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President of the American Home Economics Department.
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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.
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Provided federal aide for states to promote precollegite vocational education in agriculture, industrial trades, and Home Economics.
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Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
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Extended the work of the previous amendment while also allocating funds for curriculum development and personnel training.
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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.
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Eliminated gender bias, stereotyping, and gender discrimination in vocational education.
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Designed to increase the quality of technical education in the United States and authorized federal funds to be used for vocational education.
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Extension of the act.
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Source of federal funding to states for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs in the nation.