The History of Family and Consumer Science By GunnarBullard 1862 Morrill Act 1871 Arkansas General Assembly established the university in Fayetteville 1871 Mary B Welch May 14, 1873 Ellen H Swallow is allowed to go to MIT 1876 Women's lab opened at MIT 1899 Summer Conference in Lake Placid New York 1908 The American Home Economics Association is born Mar 30, 1911 Ellen Richards Passes away 1914 Smith Lever Act 1917 Smith Hughes act 1926 Home Economics Association adopts the betty lamp as their symbol Oct 24, 1929 Stock Market Crashes 1954 Brown V Board of Education Act 1963 Vocational Education Act 1963 Women's Liberation movement is born 1965 National Head Start Program begins 1984 Carl Perkins Act 1994 Adopts a new framework under the name Family and Consumer sciences
