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Catherine Beecher
Considered a founder of Family and Consumer Science. She wrote "A Treatise on Domestic Economy", which was the first FACS textbook recognized by the Department of Education. She also wrote 33 other textbooks. Catherine also was at the Lake Placid Conference. -
Ellen Swallow Richards
Considered a founder of Family and Consumer Science. She created the first healthy lunch program- which became the prototype for school lunch programs worldwide. She also helped found the American Association of University Women & also was the founder of the Journal of Home Economics. Most importantly, she was one of the founders for the named "Home Economics", which has evolved to Family and Consumer Science. She was also the first women to graduate from MIT. -
W.O. Atwater
Considered a founder of Family and Consumer Science. "Father of Nutrition". He invented the Bomb Calorimeter. He also studied exercise metabolism. -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862 is also known as the Land Grant Act of 1862. Established insitutions is each state that would educate people in agriculture, home economics, mechanical arts, and more. Justin Morrill, congressman from Vermont, was the one who introduced this idea. This gave each state 30,000 acres of public land for each Senator and Representative. The money made from the land being sold then went to provide support for the colleges in each state. This Act was signed by Abraham Lincoln. -
Land Grant University
Iowa State Agricultural College was the 1st existing school to offically accept the provisions of the Morrill Act. Kansas State University was the 1st school created as a Land Grant University. Land Grant Universitys came from the effects of the Morrill Act of 1862, being insitutions of higher education in the U.S. designated by a state to recieve the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. There is one Land Grant University in every state in the U.S., some states have more than one. -
C.F. Langworthy
Considered a founder for Family and Consumer Science. He conducted metabolic tests and studied chemical compostion of food. He also co-edited, Ellen Richard's book, Journal of Home Economics. -
Carolyn Hunt
Considered a founder of Family and Consumer Science. Was the first professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin. She was also one of the ones at the Lake Placid Conference. She believed there was a place for Home Economics in colleges. -
Arkansas Industrial University
Arkansas General Assembly established Arkansas Industrial University in Fayetteville. It became the state land grant insitution and first state-assisted college in Arkansas. The first day there were 4 teachers and 8 students. In 1899, it became the University of Arkansas. -
Branch Normal College
The Arkansas Industrial University established a campus in Pine Bluff, which later was designated as a Land Grant University under the second Morrill Act of 1890. In 1927, the college separated from the university then was renamed Arkansas Agricultural, Mechanical & Normal College. Rejoined the UA System in 1972 and became the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. -
Morrill Act of 1890
This Act required each state to show race was not an admissions criterion, or else to designate a separate land-grant institution for persons of color. This Act reflects the legal doctrine of "separate but equal". This act is why the Branch Normal College was formed in Arkansas. Even though this Act was formed, many of the colored schools didn't get the same amount of funding as white schools. -
Lake Placid Conference
The first meeting of contemporaries in the field of home economics was held at Lake Placid Club. Meetings were conducted to meet and talk about the latest advances in the subject. This was the meeting where they established the name "Home Economics". Ellen Swallow Richards and Catherine Beecher were 2 of the 11 that were the most important. -
Smith Lever Act of 1914
This Act estblished a national Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities to educate rural Americans about current developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues, and many more subjects. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
The Smith Hughes Act created the Federal Board of Vocational Education for the promotion of training in agriculture, trades and industries, commerce, and home economics in secondary schools. The act required that state boards submit their plans for vocational education to the board for approval. -
Betty Lamp Symbol
The American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamo as their symbol. Betty Lamp derived name in German words meant "besser" or "bete", meaning "to make better". Meant to provide enlightenment through leadership in thought and action for family and consumer sciences professionals. -
The George-Deen Act
This Act authorized an annual allortment of $12 million for agriculure, home economics, and trade and industrial education. Added distributive occupations.The sponsors of these bills included Congressman Disney, of Oklahoma; Schwellenbach, of Washington; Lee, of Oklahoma; and Deen, of Georgia. -
Vocational Education Act of 1963
This Act required all U.S. states to set uo detailed plans and reports if they want to qualify for specific Federal education funds. The reports had to describe the existing processes, which planning initiatives were made and which problems the individual states had been encountering. Implemented by John F. Kennedy. This Act replced the Smith Hughes Act. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968
This Act extended the work of the Vocational Education Act of 1963. This required national and state advisory councils. Also each state was required to submit a plan consisting of administrative policies and procedures and an annual and 5-year program plan. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Also known as the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 was created to require states recieving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Home Economics to Family and Consumer Science
The Adult Home Economics Association (AHEA) voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Science (FACS). This then formed American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). -
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006
Also known as the Carl Perkins Act, provided 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.
