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Harriet Beecher Stow wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Ellen Swollow was admitted to Vassar College as a "special student."
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Ellen Swallow is allowed candidacy for the Degree of the Institute by MIT.
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The first woman's chemistry laboritory opened as an experiment at MIT by Ellan Swallow Richards
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Association of Collegiate Alumnae was created by Ellen Swallow Richards, later renamed the American Association of University Women.
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Ellen Swallow Richards works in sanitation chemistry as the assistant to Professor William Nichols
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Ellen Swallow Richards leads the exhibit of the Rumford Kitchen at the World's Fair in Chicago.
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Through this act, home economics courses received federal funding.
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During the war, women learned many new skills, got jobs and took care of their households while the men were away.
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Martha Van Rensselaer publishes "A Manual of Home Making"
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Isabel Bevier published "Home Economics in Education" among other books, which opened doors for many schools and colleges to add home economic courses.
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The Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lamp as their symbol, to represent enlightenment and progression.
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The stock market crashed, causing the great depression. During this time, federal feeding, housing and work programs were established and home economists became more necessary.
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War production pulled America out of the great depression. Women took up the jobs of men during this time, and African Americans gained more job opportunities, as well. As a result of resource shortage, new fashion inventions were introduced and people learned to eat out of their own gardens. Home economists educated citizens based on scientific research.
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Since soldiers were returning, many citizens had to give back jobs to veterans. This is the start of the baby boom, as couples started having babies right away. Women and African American citizens did not want t accept the lowering of their class. Home economics changed with the loss of need for military resources; fashion, food parenting and entertainment all changed.
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The supreme court decided that "separate did not make equal" and started integrating schools around the US. Despite this, black home economists were not given the same opportunities as their white counterparts.
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The American Home Economics Association changed its name to American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences (AAFCA).
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The organization Future Homemakers of America changed its name to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA).
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