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The History of Family and Consumer Science

By GunnarBullard

  • Morrill Act

  • Arkansas General Assembly established the university in Fayetteville

  • Mary B Welch

    Mary B Welch

  • Ellen H Swallow is allowed to go to MIT

  • Women's lab opened at MIT

    Women's lab opened at MIT

  • Summer Conference in Lake Placid New York

  • The American Home Economics Association is born

    The American Home Economics Association is born

  • Ellen Richards Passes away

    Ellen Richards Passes away

  • Smith Lever Act

  • Smith Hughes act

  • Home Economics Association adopts the betty lamp as their symbol

    Home Economics Association adopts the betty lamp as their symbol

  • Stock Market Crashes

  • Brown V Board of Education Act

  • Vocational Education Act

  • Women's Liberation movement is born

  • National Head Start Program begins

    National Head Start Program begins

  • Carl Perkins Act

  • Adopts a new framework under the name Family and Consumer sciences

    Adopts a new framework under the name Family and Consumer sciences