Resource Management Timeline

By mmitchell24

  • Morrill Act Passed

    Women are allowed to attend colleges where they learned "homemaker" content
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    RESOURCE MANAGEMENT TIMELINE

  • Ellen Swallow Richards coins term "Home Economics" at Lake Placid Conference in 1899

    Ellen Swallow Richards coins term "Home Economics" at Lake Placid Conference in 1899

  • Smith-Hughes Act

    Demanded funding for homemaker job prep for women

  • Nuclear Family Dynamic

    The idea of a female home-maker with many kids emerged

  • Women transition to being in workplace

  • Families become more diverse

    With women out in the workpalce instead of being at home, families become more diverse

  • The Vocational Education Act of 1963

    Diminished funding from Smith-Hughes Act

  • Many home ec programs are dropped

  • Women make up 50% of workforce

  • Having no kids becomes norm