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A significant act that was passed that forever changed the faces of colleges and universities in the United States.
Land-grant universities, such as Pine Bluff and University of Arkansas, were to extend educational opportunities that promoted agricultural, industrial, and domestic economy, which was later known as home economics. -
Dream of higher education. Ellen was admitted to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1868, when Ellen Swallow entered Vassar, the 14th Amendment was adopted, giving African Americans the right to citizenship. -
Summer Conference where their goal was to define standards for teacher training and certification in the new field of home economics and establish a philosophical and theoretical foundation for the new discipline.
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Forward thinkers called themselves Progressives.
Effort to give women right to vote.
Women working in factories & outside of the home more than before as men were drafted.
Women's roles were elevated in home, family and community.
Elevating women's roles in the home, family, and community shaped people's views of society and reform. -
Established Cooperative Extension Service.
Required land-grant colleges to establish Agricultural Experiment Station.