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"A Treatise on Domestic Economy"
Catharine Beecher wrote the first FACS text book recognized by the Department of Education -
Ellen Swallow Richards
MIT Chemistry professor, known as the founder of the FACS profession. -
W.O. Atwater
"Father of Nutrition" Phd in Chemistry at Yale University. Invented the Bomb Calorimeter and wrote nutrition bulletins at Richard's request. -
Justin Smith Morrill Act of 1862
This act passed on 1862 made it possible for new western states to establish colleges for their citizens. -
Land Grant University
Land-grant institutions are colleges and universities designated to receive benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862 to 1890. -
Martha Rensselaer
Attended the Lake Placid Conference. Developed Cooperative Extension Service Programs at Cornell University, N.Y. and President of AAFCS -
Carolyn Hunt
Attended many Lake Placid Conference and worked with Atwater. Conducted two important studies of immigrant and and ethnic populations in Chicago. -
Land Grant Universities in AR
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff were established under the Morrill Act of 1862 by the Arkansas General Assembly in 1871 -
Massachusetts Institution of Technology
Ellen Richards was the first woman to attend MIT. She graduated with B.S. and became a chemistry faculty member at MIT. -
Clara Belle Drisdale Williams
First African American to graduate New Mexico State University. Awarded honorary doctorate degree from NMSU after facing many adversities. -
School Lunch Program
Established by Ellen Richards inspired by an attempt to provide good, cheap, and nourishing food to the poor. -
The Rumford Kitchen
Ellen Richards scientifically prepared foods and sold nutritious lunches at the 1894 Chicago World's Fair -
Lake Placid Conference
Eleven leaders came together and decided "Home Economics" would be the name for the new field of study. -
Smith-Lever Act
Created the Cooperative Extension Service including FACS -
Smith-Hughes Act 1917
Established FACS as a part of Vocational (CTE) Education -
Vocational Educational of 1963
Provided grants to states to maintain, develop, and improve vocational-technical education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 & 1973
Extended the work of the 1963 amendments. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Equality Act requiring states receiving federal funding or vocational education to develop and carry out activities and programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
Carl D. Perkins Act of 1984
Enacted to to increase learner access to high-quality CTE programs of study. -
Clara Belle Williams Hall
New Mexico State University building was renamed Clara Belle Williams Hall in 2005