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Treatise on Domestic Economy published by Catharine Beecher. Beecher envisioned a field that would help students develop the criticial thinking skills needed in their homes and in the community (State University, n.d.).
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After the passing of the Morrill Act in 1862, land-grant colleges were established in every state, offering domestic science courses for young women, making it acceptable for women to attend coeducational institutions (State University, n.d.).
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Massachusetts legislature passed an act making sewing and industrial education legal throughout the state (Balwin, 1949).
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Domestic Science classes introduced into New York City schools (Baldwin, 1949).
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Presented at the World's Fair (World's Colombian Exposition) in Chicago, the Rumford Kitchen represented a workingman's home and showed how his family could live on $500 a year (Baldwin, 1949).
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11 people met in Lake Placid, New York. The name "home economics" was adopted for the broad range of disciplines and scientific studies being discussed (Washington Affiliate American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, n.d.).
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American Home Economics Association was founded by Ellen Swallow Richards. Ms. Richards was the first female graduate and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was an advocate for the application of scientific and management principles to the family (Washington Affiliate Amerian Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, n.d.).
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The Smith-Lever Act established the Cooperative Extension system to provide community educational programs in every county throughout the U.S. Home Economics education was established as part of this community-based eduacational system (State University, n.d.).
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The Smith-Hughes Act established vocational education for paid employment and vocational home economics education in most public schools. It transformed the frield from a female version of general liberal arts and sciecne education for few women in colleges to vocational home economics edcuation for girls in secondary schools throughout the country (State University, n.d.)
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AHEA adopted the Betty Lamp as a symbol. The lamp, used widely by early American colonists, represents the enlightenment provided by family and consumer science professional through leadership in thought and action (Washington Affiliate American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, n.d.).
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Authorized funds for the vocational areas of distributive occupations and teacher education (CTE, n.d.).
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Future Homemakers of America (FHA) was established as a cocurricular high school student organization (State University, n.d.).
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1950s- Production of food, clothing, and home furnishings- and home care of children and sick, elderly, and handicapped family members- began to occur outside the home.
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Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 prohibited sex discrimination in education, opening all courses to males and female. Male enrollement in Home Economics courses increased (State University, 1972(
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Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act was passed. Its goal was go expand, improve, modernize, and develop quality vacational education programs to meet the needs of the workforce and promote economic growth (CTE, n.d.).
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Goal was to provide greater vocational education opportunities to disadvantaged individuals (CTE, n.d.).
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Nine Specific Goals of Family and Consumer Sciences (State University, n.d.)
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The field changed it name and emphasis to family and consumer sciences to reflect cultural and educational development. Future Homemakers of America was renamed the Family, Career and, Community Leaders of America (State University, n.d.).
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Gave states and local school districts more flexibility to develop CTE programs while making them more accountable for student performance (CTE, n.d.).
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Focused on strengthening connections between secondary and post-secondary educatioin and improving state and local accountability (CTE, n.d.)
