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Treatise of Domestic Economy
Catherine Beecher contributes to domestic science by writing the Treatise on Domestic Economy -
Justin Smith Morril / Morrill Act of 1862
Justin Smith Morrill was a Sentor of the 19th century that established the Morrill Act of 1862 that was an act of congress that provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in agriculture and the mechanic arts -
Land Grant University
An institution that has been designated by its state legislature or congress to receive the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862, 1890, and 1994 -
University of Arkansas Fayetteville
Land Grant University -
Mary. B. Welch
Taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students. -
University of Arkansas Pine Bluff
Land Grand University Under the 2nd Morrill Act of 1890 -
Lunch Program
First nutritional lunch school program in Boston by Ellen Richards -
Ellen H. Richards
founded the American Home Economics
Association (later renamed the American Association of Family & Consumer
Sciences). -
Smith Clever Act of 1914
Established a national cooperative extension service that extended outreach programs through the land grant universities to educate rural Americans. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
Smith-Hughes Act, formally National Vocational Education Act, U.S. legislation provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
Elizabeth C. Jennings
Although she spent two years as a student at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, she spent her final two years of college at Middlebury, graduating with honors in 1918 with a degree in home economics. -
Symbol
In 1926, the American Home Economics Association adopted the Betty Lampas a symbol for the association. The lamp derived its name from the Germanword "besser" or "bête", meaning "to make better". The Betty Lampproduced comparatively good light for its time and was used widely by early American colonists. -
Ruth Binnie
Ruth Binnie became the first supervisor of home economics for Nova ScotiaShe practiced what she advocated for, bringing refuge children from Europe to Canada to be fostered and have a better opportunity. -
Margaret McCready
Margaret McCready addresses the issue of educating men and boys in home economics in a review of the MacDonald Institute
She promotes a democratic family model where both adults are knowledgeable about how to raise a healthy family, share responsibilities and have a happy home. This was the initial view, that boys should partake in Home Economies courses so that they would appreciate the hard work that the women in their lives contributed to the household -
Vocational Act of 1963
These Acts allowed for funding to be provided to students in vocational areas. -
Vocational Amendment 1968
This legislation is responsible for the huge development of vocational education programs throughout the country. It extended vocational education services to people with disabilities. The initiative is realistic in the sense of actual employment opportunities and ability to benefit from occupational training. On the other hand, the provisions of the vocational educational amendments of 1968 is also discussed. -
Robin Morgan
Robin Morgan attacks American Home Economics Association
Self-proclaimed radical feminist Robin Morgan verbally attacks those assembled at the American Home Economics Association (AHEA) Convention for perpetuating traditional roles of women (East, 1980). -
Vocational Amendment of 1973
Funding for students with disabilities in vocational areas. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Addressed various problems in the area of vocational education such as discrimination against sex, race, and disabilities. -
Name Change
In 1994, the field decided to change its name to family and consumer sciences from home economics to more
accurately reflect the complexity of the profession. As times have changed, so have the issues and needs of daily
living. The family and consumer sciences profession has evolved to meet the current challenges facing individuals,
families, and communities and provides an even broader range of knowledge, research, and resources. -
Carl Perkins Act
The purpose of Perkins is to provide individuals with the academic and technical skills needed to succeed in a knowledge- and skills-based economy.
