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Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford)
He was the first to label nutrition as a science in the late
1800’s, The Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World’s Fair
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Catherine Beecher
A nineteenth century teacher and writer who promoted equal access to education for women and advocated for their roles as teachers and mothers. She also wrote 33 textbooks. -
Justin Smith Morrill
Morrill is known for Morrill Land-Grant Acts, which established federal funding for many U.S. public colleges and universities. -
Land-Grant University
A land-grant university is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. -
Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act provided each state with 30,000 acres of Federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation. The land was then sold by the states and the proceeds used to fund public colleges that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts -
Land-Grant Universities in AR
- University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (founded in 1871)
- University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (founded in 1873)
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The Hatch Act
This Act was developed by the Central Office of the Agricultural Experimental Stations, of which W. O. Atwater, the father of nutrition, was the first director. The Act provided federal funds to state land-grant colleges in order to create a series of agricultural experiment stations, and pass along new information, especially in the areas of soil minerals and plant growth. -
American Home Economics Association
AHEA's purpose wass to improve the quality and standards of individuals and family life through education, research, cooperative programs, and public information. -
Smith Lever Act
This Act helped establish a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about the advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Smith-Hughes Act
The Act helped establish the Federal Board of Vocational Education, home economics as part of vocational education, aided higher education facilities in training such teachers, and provided financial aid by paying for salaries of vocational teachers in the high school. -
Future Homemakers of America
This organization helped combine and unify hundreds of home economic clubs in high schools across the US. Later this also included junior high schools. Although the Future Homemakers and the New Homemakers were separate programs based on the predominate race of the high school the students attended, they were both guided by the same agencies. -
Vocational Education Acts
This act expanded the role of vocational education and funding was substantially increased. The Vocational Amendments in 1968 addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities. -
Carl Perkins Act
This act was aimed to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. -
Betty Lamp
The American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol for the association. The lamp derived its name from the German word "besser", meaning "to make better". The Betty Lamp produced comparatively good light for its time and was used widely by early American colonists. -
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
AAFCS was founded by the first female graduate and professor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ellen H. Richards, who was an activist for consumer education, nutrition, child protection, and the application of scientific and management principles to the family. In 1994, the organization changed its name to the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences -
Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America
The Future Homemakers of America has changed the organization's name to Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America.
