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Wrote the first textbook "A Treatise on Domestic Economy" -
Justin S. Morrill was a Vermont Senator, who was in the house when the Morrill Land Grant College Act of 1862 was proposed. The act allowed for land to be reserved for agricultural and mechanical arts colleges. -
Universities that received land under the Morrill Act. Some in Arkansas include: the University of Arkansas or University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff -
The first woman to be given a Bachelor's of Science received at MIT. She goes on to make huge milestones for the FACS education system. Including founding the American Association of Family and Consumer Science -
A book is published by Ellen Richards, a big book used in the early FACS times -
Ellen Richards does a survey, which leads to the development of the first water purity tables, water quality standards, and municipal sewerage treatments as we know them now -
Presented at Chicago's World Fair, and was chemistry in relation to cooking -
This conference led to the forming of the American Home Economics Association (now the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences) -
The Home Economics world gears more toward child care and family -
Started the first Girls’ Tomato Clubs, which is an organization that taught women how to grow foods and other life skills. -
The American Home Economics Association is founded -
Was a communication outreach program that gave Land Grant universities an avenue to advertise their progress in agricultural advancements and technology. -
Used to be referred to as the National Vocational Education Act, but it provides financial aid from the federal government for advertising agriculture and technology. -
First president of the ADA, and the founder -
Taught home economics to parents, and taught school to black students -
Was a chemistry-based home economics professor, which was not common at the time, especially as a married woman. -
This act gave grants to states to upkeep, improve, and continue to develop vocational-technical education programs -
This change required states to outline their plans, and focuses more on the people instead of the job. -
One of the founders of the NCBDFCS and a member of the AAFCS as a black woman -
In order to receive funds, schools now had to ensure they got rid of any gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
The National Coalition for Black Development in Family and Consumer Sciences is created to uplift black voices in the community -
Was on the founders of NCBDFCS and was the President of the DC Metro Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics -
The name changes from Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences -
This is now the source of public funding, and it requires a higher standard for rules and regulations.