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some schools began to include classes related to domestic concerns
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first home economics textbook recognized by a state department of education
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Justin Morrill started the Morrill Act, which was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862. Officially titled "An Act Donating Public Lands to the Several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts."
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is an institution of higher education in the United States designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts
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developed the Central Office of the Agricultural Experimental Stations, of which W. O. Atwater, the father of nutrition, was the first director
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Ellen Richards started the first nutritional lunch school program in Boston.
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Ellen Richards helped organize a series of ten annual conferences that became known as Lake Placid Conferences.
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The American Home Economics Association was formed and Ellen Richards was the first president.
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American Association of family and consumer sciences (AAFCS) begins.
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created the Agricultural Extension Services, including home economics
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established the Federal Board of Vocational Education
established home economics as part of vocational education
provided financial aid by paying for salaries of vocational teachers in the high school and aided higher education facilities in training such teachers -
FHA national advisory board and national executive council voted to included HERO chapters with FHA chapters
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The first ever black president of this organization.
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The very first ever male president of this organization.
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the Act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States by providing individuals with the academic and technical skills necessary to be successful
