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provided grants of land to states to finance the establishment of colleges specializing in “agriculture and the mechanic arts.”
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KSU began their domestic economy curriculum.
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the first school lunch program in Boston
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founded American Home Economics Association (later renamed the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences).
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created the agricultural extension services, including home economics.
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"provided federal aid to the states for the purpose of promoting precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics."
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extended the smith-lever act to cover home economics
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made home economics funding more equitable in comparison with other services
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recommended home economics clubs should form a national organization
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undergrad programs in Home Economics
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2 types of home economics- useful employment and gainful employment
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name changed to consumer and homemaking education
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vocational funding of 1-1.7 million until 1982
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new funding program passed
