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Wrote Treatise on Domestic Economy which argued the importance of "women's work."
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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.
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She wrote her first book, "Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management."
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Named after Justin Smith Morrill, the Morrill Act helped establish federal funding for higher education.
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An institution of higher education that received the benefits of the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890.
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The University of Arkansas and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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The first school lunch was implemented by Ellen Richards in Boston.
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The American Home Economics Association was created here.
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Ellen became the first president of the American Home Economics Association.
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The first girls Tomato Club (4-H) was organized by Marie Cromer through agricultural extension.
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This was a United States federal law that established a system of cooperative extension services.
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This helped expand the national government's power over the states.
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Childcare was recognized as a key element in the home economics curriculum.
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This is the logo for the AAFCS.
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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.
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This was enacted by congress to help expand more vocational education programs.
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It helped reveal and eliminate the discrimination of people with disabilities in the United States.
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Required that states who had vocational education work on eliminated discrimination which included gender bias and stereotyping.
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It's purpose is to increase the quality of technical education in the United States.
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The Future Homemakers of America changed its name to Family, Career and Community Leaders of America.
