FACS timeline

  • Catherine Beecher

    Catherine Beecher

    -Founder of the profession
    -Wrote “A Treatise on Domestic Economy” in 1841 – the first FACS text book recognized by the Department of Education.
  • Ellen S. Richards 1842-1911

    Ellen S. Richards 1842-1911

    A founder of FACS
    Instrumental in getting policies & legislation passed
    Ground work for Extension Service
    Fought for healthier homes and communities through the home Economics movement.
    Beginnings of school lunch program, 1894
  • Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862

    provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and the mechanic arts.
  • Land Grant University

    these universities are recognized for its excellence in teaching, research, and extension. They are located in every U.S. state and many territories. These institutions educate the next generation of farmers, ranchers, and citizens, and form the backbone of a national network of agricultural extension.
  • Arkansas Land Grant Universities

    University of Arkansas at Fayetteville- Founded 1871
    University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff- Founded in 1873 and opened in 1875
  • Benjamin Thompson

    Benjamin Thompson

    First to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800’s
    Invented the first range with temperature controls
  • Lake Placid Conference1899

    Lake Placid Conference1899

    Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. During this conference, "Home Economics” was adopted as the name for the new field of study.
  • Invention of the Bomb Calorimeter

    Invention of the Bomb Calorimeter

    Invented by W.O Atwater
  • CF Langworthy

    CF Langworthy

    Co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics 1912
    Conducted metabolic tests
    Studied chemical composition of food
  • Smith Lever Act of 1914

    legislative act that created the Cooperative Extension Service
  • Smith Hughes Act of 1917

    Established FACS as part of Vocational (CTE) Education
  • Lulu C. Graves

    Lulu C. Graves

    The first president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly the American Dietetic Association) 1917 to 1920
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

    ADA founded in 1917 by 58 people who saw the need for persons educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people
  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
  • Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973

    This extend the work of the 1963 amendments, but the emphasis has changed from occupations to people. National and state advisory councils were also required. Funding was also substantially increased.
  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    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.
  • Carl Perkins Act

    Amends the Vocational Education Act of 1963 (VEA) to extend and revise VEA programs and to establish programs emphasizing the acquisition of job skills through technical, as well as vocational, education
  • Flossie M. Byrd

    Flossie M. Byrd

    home economist, family and consumer services scientist, educator,
    In 1990, she received the Distinguished Service Award from the American Home Economics Association (now the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences).
    She also held the titles of president of the National Council of Administrators of Home Economics (1971–1972),
  • Martha Rensselaer

    Martha Rensselaer

    She was a Cornell University professor. She also attended Lake Placid Conference, 1899
    She developed Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University