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Benjamin Thompson
Benjamin Thompson spent eleven years in Bavaria as a military commander. During this time he established workhouses for the poor and introduced a nutritious soup known as Rumford soup. In 1791 he earned the name Count for his civilian and military services. he chose the name Count Rumford. He invented the a kitchen range, drip coffee pot, and the double broiler. -
Justin Smith Morrill
Justin Smith Morrill was born in 1810 and died in 1898. He was a United States Republican legislator who served 43 years in both houses of the Congress. He was associated with the first high protective tariff and with federal support of land-grant colleges. -
Ellen H. Swallow Richards
Ellen H. Swallow Richards was born in 1842. She was a trained chemist and the first woman to be admitted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology but was never given a Ph.D. She was the founder of Family and Consumer Science. She died in 1911 -
Wilbur Olin Atwater
W.O. Atwater was born in 1844. He established the first agricultural experimental station in the United States, found the chemical composition and nutrition of fish and animals, studied respiration and metabolism. Which helped him to studied food analysis, dietary evaluations, energy requirements, digestion of food, and food production. He helped persuade the United States Government to fund the study of human nutrition. He died in 1907. -
The Morrill Act of 1862
The Morrill Act of 1862, also known as the Land-Grant College Act provides grants of land to different states to help financially establish colleges in the agricultural and mechanic arts area. Schools were granted 30,000 acres and the money funded from it was used to help others schools. -
Martha Van Rensselaer
She held many different teaching positions then was elected school commissioner of Cattaraugus County, New York. This was a position that was held by man. She was the commissioner from 1893 until 1899 and during this time she noticed the lack of instruction for the farm wife. She then started an extension program for New York State's rural women. This resulted into full time home economics courses when she became president of the home economics association. She died in 1932. -
Caroline Hunt
Caroline Hunt was a home economics professor for five years, she had a different perspective on what home economics was than the University she taught for. Then she was an instructor of domestic economy for an institute. Her view on home economics was more about social significance and wealth than cooking and sewing. She died in 1927. -
The Second Morrill Act of 1890
The Second Morrill act of 1890 established and funded 17 nonwhite colleges. The act withheld money till sperate but equal colleges were established. -
Land Grant Universities
A land-grant college or university that is chosen by its state legislature or congress to get the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, and 1994. The two land grant universities located in Arkansas are Arkansas state University and Arkansas State university - Pine Bluff. -
Rumford Kitchen & Chicago World’s Fair
She wanted to participate in the Chicago World's Fair and was invited to the women's building and asked to cook in a demonstration kitchen. Afterwards she started her own kitchen and name it Rumford Kitchen after Benjamin Thompson as known as Count Rumford. She had nutritional information available and feed about 10,000 people in just a few months. -
The Beginning
There were eleven people gathered at Lake Placid for a conference that started Home Economics. Ten conferences later and it became official. The main goal of Home Economics is to help families better their lives. The Betty Lamp is the chosen symbol. -
The Smith-Lever Act of 1914
The United States federal law established a system of extension services that are connected to the land-grant universities. They are to inform people about developments in agriculture, home economics, public policy/government, leadership, 4-H, economic development, coastal issues, and other subjects. It also helped farmers learn new agricultural techniques. -
The Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Also known as the National Vocational Act. It provided federal aid for education in agricultural, industrial trade, and home economics before the college level. -
The American Dietetic Association
During World War I, Lenna F. Cooper and Lulu C. Graves, leaders of the American Dietetic Association, helped the government conserve food and improve the health of the public. In 2017 the organization celebrated 100 years of solving food and nutrition challenges. -
The Vocational Education Act of 1963
This act was put into effect by John F. Kennedy, the funding was increased to $225 million, and graphic design became eligible for funds. -
The Vocational Education Act of 1968
This act was amended to focus on vocational programs and cooperative education. -
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
The amendment to this act extend its programs to provide community service employment and comprehensive services for independent living to handicapped individuals. -
The Vocational Amendment of 1976
This amendment extended and revised the Vocational Education Acts of 1963 and 1965. -
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act
This act was to improve the quality of vocational education programs to meet the needs of the workforce and specific populations (handicapped and disadvantaged individuals). -
Improving America's Schools Act of 1994
Also known as the third Morrill Act of 1994, a land grant was granted to establish 30 Native American Tribal colleges.
