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A land grant university is a university that was chosen to reap the benefits of the Morrill Act of 1862. Some universities like that of Iowa State University (formed in 1858) were already in place before the act was created, but agricultural and mechanical colleges were added to Iowa State University because of the Morrilll Act of 1862.
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This act allowed for the creation of colleges using federal land. 30,000 acres were granted to each state, and the act was named after Senator Justin S. Morrill. The colleges were to focus on agriculture, economics, and mechanical arts. -
Originally the Arkansas Industrial University, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville was founded in 1871 as a land grant university. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff was founded in 1873 as another one of Arkansas' land grant universities. -
Atwater is considered to be the "Father of Nutrition". From 1872-1882 he conducted studies regarding human foods for the United States Fish Commission. -
Barrows published many reading materials regarding home economics. In 1890, she published "Eggs: Facts and Fancies About Them". She also co-founded the first professional home economics journal.
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Langworthy created publications on economics and foods, with one of his publications being "Potatoes and Other Root Crops as Food" in 1907. He was also a co-editor of the Journal of Home Economics.
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Ellen Richards founded the American Home Economics Association in 1909, and she was an activist of nutrition, child protection, public health, and women's rights, among other things. -
Herrick worked at Montana State College as the first dean of women. She organized the first annual Women's Vocational Congress in 1913. -
The Smith Lever Act of 1914 created a Cooperative Extension Service that allowed for programs to inform Americans about breakthroughs and practices in agriculture. These programs were available through land grand universities. -
Rensselaer was the president of the American Home Economics Association from 1914-1916 and was a head of the Department of Home Economics at Cornell. She developed Cooperative Extension Service programs at Cornell. -
This act offered federal aid to states in order to promote vocational education regarding agriculture and other trades.
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Graves co-founded the American Dietetic Association in 1917 and was the first president of the organization. It is now called the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. -
Harris was the dean of the School of Home Economics at Alabama from 1922-1927. She has a scholarship named after her called the Agnes Ellen Harris Graduate Scholarship for Women at the University of Alabama. -
The American Home Economics Association chose to use the Betty Lamp as its symbol in 1926. -
This act allowed for the creation of the National School Lunch Program which provided inexpensive or free lunches to children in need.
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This act offered grants to improve and expand vocational education programs as well as funded developing programs related to occupations that were becoming popular.
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These amendments added to the Vocational Education Act of 1963. Both amendments expanded services and education for disabled persons as well as required advisory counsels to be created.
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A professor of foods, Clark was the first woman to be considered a Distinguished Professor, and she won the Borden Award in 1968.
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This amendment required those receiving federal funds related to vocational education to prevent sex discrimination and stereotyping.
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This act improved the educational and technical skills being taught to individuals in order for success in a skill-based economy.