History of FACS

By Kanae
  • Catherine Beecher

    Catherine Beecher

    She wrote “A Treatise on Domestic Economy, and it is the first FACS textbook recognized by the department of education.
  • Ellen S. Richards

    Ellen S. Richards

    Founder of home economics movement in America. Instrumental in getting policies & legislation passed. A very powerful leader. She created the first healthy lunch program- which became the prototype for school lunch programs worldwide.
  • W.O. Atwater

    W.O. Atwater

    He was PhD in Chemistry, Yale University
    He invented the Bomb Calorimeter
    He wrote nutrition bulletins at Richard’s request
    He considered to be the “Father of Nutrition”
    His studies of exercise metabolism
  • Justine Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862

    Justine Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862

    Provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and the mechanic arts.
    In the last half of 1800s, a significant legislative act was passed that forever changed the face of colleges and universities in the United States.
  • Land Grant Universities

    Land Grant Universities

    They are institutions that has been designated by its state legislature or Congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of of 1862, 1890, and 1994.
  • CF Langworthy

    CF Langworthy

    He was a co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics
    He conducted metabolic tests
    He studied chemical composition of food
  • Carolyn Hunt

    Carolyn Hunt

    She received B.S. degree in chemistry from Northwestern in 1888
    She conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in Chicago:
    Collected dietary histories and social & economic information; study published by governmental departments
    She worked with Atwater
    She attended several Lake Placid Conference
  • Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    Land Grant Universities in Arkansas

    U of A - Fayetteville in 1872
    U of A Pine Bluff in 1873
  • Benjamin Thompson

    Benjamin Thompson

    First to label nutrition as a science in the late 1800’s
    Rumford Kitchen at the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 named after Rumford
    Invented the first range with temperature controls
  • Lake Placid Conference

    Lake Placid Conference

    This is the important event of FACS because it is a beginnings of the Profession. It became new field of study, “Home Economics”.
    Eleven was a leader.
  • Martha Rensselaer

    Martha Rensselaer

    She was a professor in Cornell University
    She attended Lake Placid Conference in 1899
    She developed Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N.Y. , 1900
    She was a president of AAFCS
  • Smith Lever Act of 1914

    Smith Lever Act of 1914

    An important development during the Progressive Era was the expansion of the mission of land-grant college.
    Under President Woodrow Wilson, Congress approved the Smith-Lever Act of 1914, which established the Cooperative Extension Service.
  • Smith Hughes Act of 1917

    Smith Hughes Act of 1917

    This was the first act setting vocational education apart from the regular high school curriculum and establishing federal funds to support vocational education, now called career and technical education (CTE).
  • American Dietetics Association (ADA)

    American Dietetics Association (ADA)

    It was founded in 1917 by 58 people who saw the need for persons educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people.
    First president was Lulu C. Graves
    She dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I.
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

    Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

    The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals. AND is committed to improving the nation's health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education and advocacy.
  • Vocational Education Acts of 1963

    Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
  • Vocational Amendment of 1968

    Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
  • Vocational Amendment of 1973

    Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
  • Vocational Amendment of 1976

    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.
  • American Home Economics Association (AHEA)

    American Home Economics Association (AHEA)

    It voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Science (FACS)
    It became American Association of Family and Consumer Science (AAFCS)
  • Carl Perkins Act

    Carl Perkins Act

    Provide an increased focus on the academic achievement of career and technical education students, strengthen the connections between secondary and postsecondary education, and improve state and local accountability.
  • References

    Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Justin S. Morrill. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Justin-S-Morrill Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Smith-Hughes Act. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/Smith-Hughes-Act
  • References

    Mumaw, K. (2017, October 17). Smith-Hughes Act celebrates centennial. Farm and Dairy. Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://www.farmanddairy.com/news/smith-hughes-act-celebrates-centennial/451159.html Ospi. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://www.k12.wa.us/student-success/career-technical-education-cte/carl-d-perkins-act
  • References

    The smith-lever act of 1914. National Archives Foundation. (2014, August 12). Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://www.archivesfoundation.org/documents/smith-lever-act-1914/ State departments of Education - Vocational Education. StateUniversity.com. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2446/State-Departments-Education-VOCATIONAL-EDUCATION.html
  • References

    Universityhistory. (n.d.). Retrieved April 26, 2022, from https://news.uark.edu/Newsroom/UniversityHistory The Vocational Education Act of 1963. ERIC. (1964, November 30). Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED019402 Vocational education. TSHA. (n.d.). Retrieved April 27, 2022, from https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/vocational-education