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Ellen was a chemist and educator. She was the first woman to be admitted to MIT and she is the reason for the opening of a Women's Laboratory at MIT. She suggested the use of science to solve issues of family well-being, especially using empirical research. For this she is credited as the founder of Home Economics.
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Home Economics association is established -
People of the time begin to realized that home management can be supported through research and science.
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The Smith-Lever act creates the AES to educate rural families on Home Economics and Agriculture advancements. Such as food preservation, budgeting, and farming techniques. -
People begin navigating budgets while discovering new home gadgets. We see a rise in everyday consumers.
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During the Great Depression there was an increase in need of resources and how to manage them. People where focusing more and more on home economy and budgeting. This also was when the government began interfering in the home for the first time, by providing food assistance and employment programs. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt endorsed schooling programs and proclaimed the importance of Home Economics. -
During WW2 many fathers and brothers went off to war leaving the women and children at home. This resulted in many women picking up men's labor jobs hence dual income families arrive. We see women balancing childcare, budgeting, work, and home. Challenging gender-roles becomes a mass thought. -
As men settle back in from the war gender roles are in full swing. Men are making enough to support a family and women spend their time managing the budget and children. Consumerism is on the rise and this budgeting in changing.
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After a comfortable sweep to stability following the war many new social issues came to rise. This put an eye on the new emerging demographic of working mothers, focusing on home and career.
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This act brought accessible work training and education to Americans. This was to benifit workers and students who are behind, handicapped, or at risk of dropping out.
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This was the first government regulated childcare facility offering it to those who qualified. For free.
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Influenced the thought of gender equality. This was a a reason for the study of family units.
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https://www.aafcs.org/wafcs/about-affiliate/affiliate-about#:~:text=In%201909%2C%20Ellen%20H.,Economics%20Association%20(now%20AAFCS). https://digital-exhibits.libraries.mit.edu/s/under-the-lens/page/Womans-Lab#:~:text=On%20May%2010%2C%201876%2C%20the,of%20the%20Woman's%20Laboratory%2C%201876.
https://facsoftoday.uga.edu/story/10-milestones-in-facs-history
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED019402