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A Treatise on Domestic Economy
This book is the first guide to house keeping in America. It was written by Catherine Beecher and it went through 15 editions. This helped standardize domestic practices and reinforce domestic values. She argued that women's proper role was in the home and that that was where she could powerfully affect society. This was the first FACS textbook to be recognized by the department of Education. -
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W. O. Atwater
Known as the father of nutrition, he was a chemistry genius and nutrition expert. He helped Ellen Richards in many aspects and arguably greatly contributed to FACS. -
Catherine Beecher
Beecher envisioned home economics sources where women could be educated in domestic chemistry, housing, and economical arrangement of storage in the home. She has plans for educating women in professions of teaching, child care, nursing, and "conservation of the domestic state." She was a seminary educated women who went on to be a leading professor in this field. She wrote an impressive 33 textbooks in this area. -
Justin Smith Morrill Act
Also known as the Land Grant College Act and was set up to further establish institutions and educate people on home economics, agriculture and other professions practiced at the time. -
Land Grant University
Out of the Morrill Act, land-grant universities were higher education institutions in the US that used federally controlled land to grant that to the states to sell and use the money to establish these colleges. This was done to focus on specific fields of study to ensure the furthering of those vocations and education. Most land grant universities are now large and familiar universities. -
AR Land Grant Universities
The land grant universities in Arkansas are the University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff -
Martha Rensselaer
Martha was an incredible teacher and advocate. She started the Cooperative Extension Service so that the public could be more educated on agriculture and home life. She was the president of AAFCS and played a prominent role in setting social policy that affected families and children. -
Rumford Kitchen
This kitchen was designed and operated by Ellen Richards where she sold families nutritious meals and they had an opportunity to become knowledgable in nutrition. It was a place that really put to work the chemistry to the science of cooking that she had worked so hard on her whole life. This furthered societies interest and knowledge in nutrition and was revolutionary to families. -
Caroline Hunt
She is admirable for her efforts in bringing home economics education into colleges and her participation in the Lake Placid Conferences. She argued "a training in home economics ought to liberate women from the hardships of housework, teach women to guard their health and safety and that of their families, and simplify their lives." -
Lake Placid Conferences
The first meeting at the Lake Placid Club took place in 1899 and was led by Ellen Richards. These meetings were for talking about the latest advances in the field of home economics and the attendees believed that this would allow students and women the opportunity to manage their homes and be prepared for careers focusing on people, family, and the environments around them. The sought to improve the conditions of home and life. -
Ellen Richards
Ellen Richards was a devout chemistry student that made a way for women during this time period. She founded and funded the Journal of Home Economics (published in 1909) and was the president of the newly formed American Home Economics Association. She led the Lake Placid Conferences and paved a way for what is now FACS. -
Smith Lever Act
This act created the cooperative extension service that included Family and Consumer Sciences and made this information more readily available than ever. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This act established Family and Consumer Sciences as a part of Vocational Education (CTE). -
Our Symbol
The symbol chosen for the American Home Economics Association was the Betty Lamp, which symbolized the meaning of "to make better." The design was submitted to show that AAFCS provides enlightenment through leadership in thought and action for family and consumer science professionals and historically it provided a light for all household industries. -
The Vocational Education Acts
This was enacted by congress to flourish vocational education programs by being in sync with todays industrial, economic, and social realities as well as the needs of tomorrow and to create a pathway for people to learn and become qualified in specific fields. -
The Vocational Education Amendments of 1968
These amendments extended the work of the 1963 acts, but the focus became more on people than the jobs. The funds here are more so allocated to programs in cooperative vocational areas as well as consumer and homemaking education. -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
This amendment to the Vocational Education Acts gave those with disabilities rights and a due process for employers to eliminate discrimination, to require accommodations, but not to purposefully hire those that are unqualified. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment focused on the states that received federal funding for vocational education to conduct their programs without gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination. -
Official Name Change
The name of this field officially changed to be recognized as Family and Consumer Sciences -
Carl Perkins Act
This act was created to provide an increased focus on the success and achievement of CTE students and to connect the high school and college levels in these fields to improve accountablity.
