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Benjamin Thompson was a British physical scientist who first titled nutrition as a science and created the first cooking range with temperature controls. -
Catherine Beecher taught herself, and then became a schoolteacher in 1821. She co founded the innovative Hartford Female Seminary and also published an essay on the importance of women as teachers. -
In 1841, Catharine Beecher published her book, "A treatise on Domestic Economy." This was the first American work to deal with all of the facets of domestic life. -
This bill was named after Justin Morrill, a Vermont Congressman. This bill gave land to the states to go towards funding public colleges that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts. There were sixty-nine colleges who were funded by the land grants. -
This is an institution of higher education that is designated by a state to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 & 1890. -
W.O. Atwater is known to be the "Father of Nutrition." He earned a PhD in Chemistry at Yale and went on to create the Bomb Calorimeter. -
Ellen Swallow Richards was an MIT graduate and faculty member who began the school lunch program in 1894 and made it known that she believed that science could be used to improve health and well being of humans. -
The land grant universities in Arkansas are University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. -
Henrik Dam was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1943 and discovered Vitamin K. -
The Lake Placid Conference was an important factor in determining what home economics was and what people wanted it to be. This is where eleven leaders met in Lake Placid, New York! -
1988 was the year that eleven scientifically educated individuals gathered in New York for the first Lake Placid Conference to start a new field of study-- "Home Economics." -
Adelle Davis was a nutritionist who promoted a healthy diet. She was one of the first people to recommend taking supplements. -
Clara was the first African American to graduate from New Mexico State University. She was not even allowed in the classroom and had to take notes from the hallway. She became a teacher to black students by day and then taught her parents at night. -
The Smith-Lever Act was able to extend outreach programs through land-grant universities in order to educate rural Americans. This was done through the national Cooperative Extension Service. -
Also known as the National Vocational Education Act of 1917--it promoted the vocational education in agriculture, trades, industry, and homemaking and provided federal funds. -
The Academy was founded by 58 people who recognized that there was a need for people educated in the science of nutrition and specializing in feeding people. The ADA is still going strong today for your source for science-based food and nutrition information. -
This act provided grants to states in order to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. It did things like establishing work study programs and it helped schools train workers for the country's rapidly growing economy. -
1968: This vocational amendment provided improved programs for part-time employment of the youth to receive earnings to continue vocational training.
1973: Also known as the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, this act was created to ensure equality within the school systems for students with disabilities or “special needs” and those who were handicapped. The welfare and education of these individuals were being recognized. -
This amendment was created to require states receiving federal funding for vocational education to improve the standards of education for disadvantaged students and to terminate gender bias and stereotyping. -
The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act was established in order to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy