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Introduced by Vermont Congressman, Justin Morrill, the Morrill Act was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln. Morrill Act states: "donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture"
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A land grant university is an institution of higher education in the US receiving benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 (and 1890).
AR Land Grant Universities include: University of Arkansas
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Ellen was admitted to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She was admitted as a "special student"
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Ellen was admitted to MIT as the first female student
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Ellen petitioned the Women's Education Association of Boston to pay for instruments, equipment, and books to create a research lab for women on the MIT campus.
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Ellen co-founded the Association of Collegiate Alumnae (later known as the American Association of University Women)
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Ten annual conferences that became known as the Lake Placid Conferences in Lake Placid, New York. "Home Economics" was coined at the first meeting
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Ellen created the Rumford Kitchen at the 1893 World's Colombian Exposition in Chicago. A popular exhibit that served inexpensive, nutritious meals and educated people about nutrition and proper preparation of meals.
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Found by Richards, AHEA became the most influential professional association for home economists. (Later known as American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences)
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Home Economics classes began a lunch program serving early lunches to elementary students three times a day
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She spearheaded the inception Journal of Home Economics and was named to the Council of the National Education Association
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At 69, Ellen died after a brief illness in her home in Boston.
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US federal law that informs individuals about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy, etc connected by cooperative extension services that are connected to land-grant universities
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Known before as "National Vocational Education act" - Smith-Hughes Act provides federal aid to the states to promote precollegiate vocational education in agricultural
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Henry C. Wallace was pointed by Congress to create a Bureau of Home Economics to continue the work specified in the1915 but in a full-fledged Bureau
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Bureau's name was changed to The Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics to put emphasis on Nutrition (Henrey Sherman appointed as chief during this time).
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The Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics ceased to exist.
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Vocational Education Act of 1963 allowed financial support for vocational schools
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First authorized in 1984, this act aims to increase the quality of technical education to help the economy in the US. Later reauthorized in 1998, 2006, and 2018.
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The organization changed its name from AHEA to the American Association of the Family and Consumer Sciences
