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Wrote "A Treatise of Domestic Economy" which was the first FACS text book recognized by The Department of Education.
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Ellen S. Richards, the founder of home economics, is born.
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Provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and mechanic arts.
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Also known as the University of Arkansas located in Fayetteville. Under the Morrill Act, the institution became a land-grant university and the first state-assisted college in Arkansas.
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Taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students.
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Land-grants are universities given federal land, and in 1890 the Act was expanded to discount race as an admissions criterion or designate a separate land-grant program for students of color.
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Also known as University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. Established as a land-grant institution under the Morrill Act of 1890
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Atwater began the first of many scientific experiments. He studied respiration and metabolism in animals and humans. Also known as The Father of Nutrition
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In 1899, eleven individuals gathered in New York for a conference at Lake Placid where the name "Home Economics" was adopted.
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President of AAFCS and established the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell in 1900
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The tenth Lake Placid Conference is held and American Home Economics Association is formed and Ellen Richards is made president.
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The first meeting of the American Home Economic Associated and Ellen H. Richards founded AHEA.
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This act established a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural technology.
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Provided federal aid to the states to promote pre collegiate vocational education in agriculture, industrial trades, and home economics
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The American Home Economics Association adopted the "Betty Lamp" as the symbol. The German derivative "besser" means to make better. The lamp was symbolic to provide light for all household industries.
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Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
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Provided new programs for vocational education provide part-time employment for youths to receive earnings to continue vocational training.
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Put in place to correct the problem of discrimination against people with disabilities.
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Required states receiving federal funds 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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AHEA voted to change the name of profession to Family and Consumer Sciences.
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AAFCS updated the Betty Lamp to a more modern look.
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First authorized in 1984 to increase the quality of technical education within the U.S. in order to help the economy. Re-authorized by Donald Trump on July 26, 2018.
