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Catherine is very much important to the FACS. Catherine wrote a book named, "A Treatise on Domestic Economy." This book become very famous because it was introduce as the first FACS book published by the department of Education. -
The Morril Act provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts. -
A land-grant university is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
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There are two university who get the benefits of the Morril Act. The two university are called University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff
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In this year the Rumford Kitchen were open. A typical Rumford arrangement consisted of a brick range, enclosing and separating a series of fires, above each of which a pot or stew-pan fitted into a circular, iron-rimmed opening. This kitchen is the foundation of family and consumer science. Very important people visited this kitchen including the famous Ellen Richard. -
Benjamin was the first person to discover nutrient as science. With his interested in food and nutrients. He eventually invented the first rate with temperature control. -
Ellen created the first healthy lunch program, in Boston, Massachusetts, feeding 4000 students across 16 schools daily—and it became the prototype for school lunch programs nationwide.
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Ellen was a MIT graduate & chemistry faculty member,She believed science could be used to improve health & well-being of people. She instigated a series of annual “Lake Placid Conferences” that became known as the foundation of the home economics movement. Richards's first interest was in improving the household's well-being by using sanitary and nutrition sciences, an objective that was passed on to the movement. -
Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, New York. “Home Economics” was adopted as the name for the new field of study
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These two created careers for women and moving Home Economics to higher standard education -
American Home Economics Association was created and the first Journal of Home Economics was published
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Established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans
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Home Economics was a part of the high school curriculum and supported by federal funding.It provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics.
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First president of ADA.She dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I. -
First African American to graduate New Mexico State University
Was not allowed in classroom so she took notes from hallway. Became a teacher to black students by day- taught their parents by night in areas of home economics -
The vocational education act of 1963 was enacted by congress to offer new and expanded vocational education programs to bring job training into harmony with the industrial.
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The Vocational Amendments in 1968 addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities.The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 replaces preexisting laws (collectively referred to as the Vocational Rehabilitation Act) to extend and revise the authorization of grants to States for vocational rehabilitation services, with special emphasis on services to those with the most severe disabilities.
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The 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Equity Act of 1963, 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 Vocational Education Act of 1984, often referred to as the Carl D. Perkins Act or the Perkins Act, authorizes federal funds to support vocational education programs. One of the goals for the Perkins Act is to improve the access of either those who have been underserved in the past or those who have greater-than-average educational needs.
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First American Food Guide Pyramid established a visual for Global nutrition.First dietary guide for young children was produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. -
Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is for young men and women in Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education in public and private school through grade 12.To promote personal growth and leadership development through Family and Consumer Sciences education. Focusing on the multiple roles of family member, wage earner, and community leader, members develop skills for life. -
The field of family and consumer sciences (FCS), founded as home economics, is the comprehensive body of skills, research, and knowledge that helps people make informed decisions about their well being, relationships, and resources to achieve optimal quality of life.
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