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She wrote the first FACS textbook, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" in 1941 and completed a total of 33 textbooks surrounding FACS. -
He was the first to label nutrition as a science field and invented the first range of temperature controls. -
This act granted plots of federal land to states for establishing colleges to benefit agriculture and mechanical arts. -
Land grant universities were institutions established under the Morrill Act in 1862. Each state was granted federal land that was used to build colleges. -
The University of Arkansas was established under the Land Grants in 1871. It was formerly known the Arkansas Industrial University. -
She was associated with applying science into FACS and began the school lunch program. Her specialty surrounded water pollution and FACS. -
"The father of nutrition." He invented the bomb calorimeter and wrote nutrition bulletins. -
This conference marked the beginning of the profession and named it "home economics." Meetings were continually held here afterwards to discuss the advances in the profession. -
She developed the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University in 1900. -
He was the co editor of the Journal of Home Economics. He studied the chemical composition of food and performed metabolic tests. -
She was the first dean of women at Montana State University. She offered classes to women that would enable them to have household/childcare jobs that would help them pay of college. -
This act created a national extension service including FACS. -
This act provided funds to states to support pre-college vocational education of agriculture and home economics. -
The academy was founded by a group of women in Ohio in 1917 to satisfy the need for education of nutrition science. The first president was Lulu Graves. The academy was formerly known as American Dietetics Association. -
She collected dietary history compared to social and economical statuses of immigrant/ethnic populations of Chicago. -
She was the first African American to graduate from New Mexico State University and she became a home economics teacher to students and their parents. She was treated horribly during her college years, but was awarded a an honorary doctorate degree as an apology. -
These acts provided funds to the states for the purpose of improving vocational-technical education. -
This amendment acknowledged the economical struggles and continued funding for the at-risk students. -
This amendment required states who were receiving federal funds to eliminate gender bias and discrimination. -
This act provided funding to states to facilitate connections between education programs and employers