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Catherine Beecher
Wrote Treatise on Domestic Economy which argued the importance of "women's work." -
Mary B. Welch
She taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the US to teach home economics to college students. -
Isabella Mary Beeton
She wrote her first book, "Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management." -
Justin Smith Morrill/Morrill Act Act of 1862
Named after Justin Smith Morrill, the Morrill Act helped establish federal funding for higher education. -
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Land Grant University
An institution of higher education that received the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. -
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Land Grant Universities in Arkansas
The University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff -
First School Lunch
The first school lunch was implemented by Ellen Richards in Boston. -
Lake Placid Conference
The American Home Economics Association was created here. -
Ellen H Richards
Ellen became the first president of the American Home Economics Association. -
Tomato Club
The first girls Tomato Club (4-H) was organized by Marie Cromer through agricultural extension. -
Smith Lever Act
This was a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services. -
Smith Hughes Act of 1917
This helped expand the national government's power over the states. -
Childcare
Childcare was recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum. -
Betty Lamp
This is the logo for the AAFCS. -
Agnes Faye Morgan
She was the chair of the home economics program at the University of California. She rooted her education in science, something that was not typical at the time. -
Vocational Education Acts of 1963
This was enacted by congress to help expand more vocational education programs. -
Vocational Amendment of 1968 and 1973
It helped reveal and eliminate the discrimination of people with disabilities in the United States. -
Vocational Amendment of 1976
Required that states who had vocational education work on eliminated discrimination which included gender bias and stereotyping. -
Carl Perkins Act
It's purpose is to increase the quality of technical education in the United States. -
Name Change
The Future Homemakers of America changed its name to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
