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Catherine Beecher published the first writings of home economics, teaching women about managing a home and its resources -
Coursework in Domestic Science became available -
Trail-blazer Ellen Swallow Richards recognizes the shift in industry away from the home, and begins applying scientific principles to home management -
The International Federation for Home Economics is established at an international congress in Switzerland
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Ellen Swallows Richards founded the AHEA
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Created the Cooperative Extension Service, addressing rural and agricultural issues, which today is a major source of dissemination of FCS research and knowledge to the general public.
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Established federal funding for vocational education in home economics
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The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America was founded as Future Homemakers of
America in 1945 -
Expanded federal funding for students to study home economics and other vocational programs
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American Home Economics Association became the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
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