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wrote the first FACS textbook recognized by the department of education -
- mobilized a multitude of forces to launch the new applied field
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considered "The Father of Nutrition"
Invented the bomb calorimeter -
This act allowed farm wives to continue education in order to run households
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Co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics
Conducted metabolic tests
Studied chemical composition of foods -
Conducted two important studies of immigrant and ethnic populations in chicago
Collected dietary histories and social & economic information -
first to label nutrition as a science -
First conference held to discuss home economics education. Ellen Richards was president and the profession was officially termed "Home Economics" -
-president of AAFCS
-developed cooperative extension service programs at Cornell University -
Created cooperative extension service including family and consumer science
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Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics was founded by 58 people who saw the need for persons educated in the science of nutrition and trained in the art of feeding people
** The first president was Lulu C. Graves -
Established FACS as part of vocational education
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measures calorie expenditure and metabolic rate -
provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs.
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addressed the nation's social and economic problems and continued funding for students who were at risk or with disabilities.
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required states receiving federal funding for vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education.
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American Home Economics Association voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences
The association became American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences -
The original mission of these institutions, as set forth in the first Morrill Act, was to teach agriculture, military tactics, and the mechanic arts as well as classical studies so members of the working classes could obtain a liberal, practical education. **Fun Fact: The Land Grant Universities in Arkansas is the University of Arkansas and The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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a principal source of federal funding to states and discretionary grantees for the improvement of secondary and postsecondary career and technical education programs across the nation.