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His research in nutrition included studying ways to mass feed the poor and soldiers in the army, developing a theory of the nutritional value of water, concocting recipes for nutritious meals, and refining the effectiveness of cooking equipment, which led among other things, to the first range with temperature controls.
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The first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education.
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Known as the "Father of Nutrition" He invented the Bomb Calorimeter and studied metabolism.
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President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the Morrill Act 0f 1862, or the Land Grant Colleges Act. Justin Morrill, the major proponent of the act, intended these colleges “to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts.
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This law gave states public lands provided the lands be sold or used for profit and the proceeds used to establish at least one college.
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University of Arkansas at Fayetteville - Founded in 1871 as the Arkansas Industrial University on the site of a hilltop farm overlooking the Ozark Mountains, giving it the nickname “The Hill.”
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Langworthy was the co-editor of the Journal of Home
Economics, he also conducted metabolic tests, studied chemical composition of food and wrote nutrition bulletins
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University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff - Founded in 1873 and opened in 1875 as the Branch Normal College as an affiliate of the Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville.
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A first, major program was started in some Boston high schools in 1894 to provide nutritional meals at low prices to children who would not normally have them.
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Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. and after much discussion, “Home Economics” was adopted as the name for the new field of study.
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Developed the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N.Y.
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State support grows for practical education beyond the 8th grade. Secondary education expands to include vocational education.
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This act created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS.
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This act established FACS as part of Vocational (CTE) Education helping establish federal support for vocational education.
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ADA founded by 58 people who saw the need for persons educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people.
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Home economists in the state become accepted by the public as experts in human nutrition.
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The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics.
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Gainful employment outside of the home. Vocational education is taught in schools.
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Vocational Education Act amended to include handicapped and disadvantaged students.
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The Vocational Amendment of 1973 was put in place to correct the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities in the United States.
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This Amendment 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.
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the Carl Perkins Act was authorized by the federal government to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy.
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The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS).
