FCS Timeline

By KennedyBell
  • Catherine Beecher wrote "Treatise on Domestic Economy"

    Catherine Beecher wrote "Treatise on Domestic Economy"

    This was the first FACS textbook.

  • Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act

    Act of congress that provided land grants to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and mechanic arts.
  • Kansas State University

    Kansas State University

    Kansas State University was the first land grant university.
  • Arkansas Industrial University (University of Arkansas)

    Arkansas Industrial University (University of Arkansas)

    The University of Arkansas was the first land land grant university in Arkansas.
  • Benjamin Thompson's Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair

    Benjamin Thompson's Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair

    Rumford Kitchen was the first modern representation of a kitchen range.

  • Ellen S Richards started the first school lunch program

    She realized students did not have proper meals while at school and developed a lunch program.
  • Ellen S Richards sold lunches at the Chicago World's Fair with nutritional value and cost per serving

    Ellen S Richards sold lunches at the Chicago World's Fair with nutritional value and cost per serving

    This was unlike food served anywhere before due to the science behind it.
  • Lake Placid Conference

    Lake Placid Conference

    This was the first conference held to discuss FACS.
  • Domestic Economy adopted the name Home Economics

    Domestic Economy adopted the name Home Economics

    Ellen S Richards named the study by the end of the series of Lake Placid conferences.
  • Martha Rensselear developed the Cooperative Extension Service Program

    Martha Rensselear developed the Cooperative Extension Service Program

    This program is an educational program designed to help people improve their lives.

  • Smith-Lever Act

    This created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS.

  • Smith Hughes Act

    This established FACS as part of vocational information.
  • The ADA was founded

    The ADA was founded

    The ADA (The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) was established for those educated in the fields of nutrition.

  • Vocational Education Act of 1963

    This provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational/technical education programs.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1968 and 1973

    These modified the Vocational education act and implemented more job training progams.

  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    This amendment required states receiving federal funding to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education.

  • Carl Perkins Act

    This act was to amend the Vocational Education Act of 1963 to expand the economic base of the country and to update programs.
  • FACS got it's name

    FACS got it's name

    The AHEA voted to change Home Economics to Family and Consumer Science.

  • UCA adopted the name FACS