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From 1875 to 1883, she was the organizer and head of the Department of Domestic Economy at Iowa State.
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Wilbur Olin Atwater was an American chemist known for his human nutrition and metabolism studies, and is considered to be the founder of modern science and education in nutrition.
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She was one of the pioneers in the development of the scientific research known today as home economics of women's work in the home.
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In order to support the agricultural and mechanical arts, the Morrill Act of 1862 set aside federal land to establish colleges.
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An institution that has been designated by its state legislature or Congress to obtain the benefits of the Morrill Acts is a land-grant college or university. The goal was to teach agriculture, military tactics, mechanical arts, and classical studies in order to provide a liberal, practical education to members of the working class.
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Co-Founding Director of the College of Home Economics, which contributed to the establishment in Ithaca, New York of the New York State College of Human Ecology
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The University of Arkansas was the first and only Land Grant University
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First conference held to discuss home economics education.
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Ellen Swallow Richards founded the American Home Economics Association
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The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) was formed
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The Smith-Lever Act created a national Cooperative Extension Service that expanded outreach services to educate rural Americans about advancements in agricultural practices and technology through land-grant universities.
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That provided the States with federal aid to encourage pre-college vocational education in agricultural and industrial trade and home economics.
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American Dietetic Association was founded
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The 1963 Vocational Education Act offered grants to states to sustain, expand, and establish programs for vocational-technical education.
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Addressed the social and economic challenges of the country and continued support for at-risk or disadvantaged students.
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States receiving federal funds for vocational education and training have been required to establish and enforce activities and services to remove gender disparity, stereotyping and discrimination in vocational education and training.
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Focusing on access for particular populations, including women, minorities and special needs, continued, and added an emphasis on enhancing the program.
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The association, other organizations, and programs decided to change the name of the field to family and consumer sciences from home economics to more accurately reflect the complexity of the profession
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The FCS Body of Knowledge was created
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100 year celebration held nationally for the arganization AAFCS
