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Beecher wrote "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" in 1841 which is the first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education; she also wrote 33 textbooks.
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This act gave states 30,000 acres of land per person in their Congressional delegation of which was soon sold and given to public colleges emphasizing agriculture and mechanical arts.
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Langworthy was the co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics, and he studied chemical composition of food. He wrote nutritional bulletins for his experimental stations.
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Atwater's findings "began just before the turn of the century contributed most to the emerging science of human nutrition and exercise."
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Ellen left a huge mark in the realm of home economics. She was an "industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century." She has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
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Hunt received her B.S. degree in chemistry from Northwestern in 1888, and she conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in Chicago. She also worked with another founder, W.O. Atwater.
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These are institutions that reap the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
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Thompson was the first to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800's; he invented the first range with temperature controls. The Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 was named after him.
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Eleven leaders gathered in Lake Placid, N.Y. After discussions, "Home Economics" was adopted as the name for the new field of study.
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Rensselaer was the president of AAFCS and was a Cornell University professor; She developed the Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N. Y. , 1900.
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This was created to educate people by programs through land grant universities about progress agriculture, home economics, etc.
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This act provided funding and promotion of education in the areas of 'agriculture, trades and industry, and homemaking.' This act furthered the Smith-Lever Act.
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Graves was the first president of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. She was dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I.
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This extended education to "persons of all ages in all communities." It changed the basis of funding from the field of study to the student population.
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This was the "first vocational legislation to officially reference postsecondary students. It extended set-aside funding from specific populations."
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This act "prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment and in the employment practices of federal contractors."
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This act advanced "equal opportunities for women and girls."
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This act "aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy."
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In June of 1994, American Home Economics Association voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences; it became the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences.
