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He is recognized for inventing the first range stove with temperature controls. Then he was the first to label nutrition as a science. Last, the Rumford kitchen at the 1893 Chicago World Fair was named for him. -
She wrote the Treatise on Domestic Economy. This text was considered to be the first textbook on family and consumer science by the department of education. -
Taught home economics to women at Iowa State College, which is believed to be the first effort in the U.S. to teach home economics to college students. -
An American chemist knew for his studies of human nutrition and metabolism. He invented the Bomb Calorimeter and consider the “Father of Nutrition." -
Senator Justin S. Morrill was serving in the House of Representatives and set aside federal lands to create colleges with the “benefit of the agricultural and mechanical arts.” This allowed each state with 30,000 acres of western land. -
Martha Van Rensselaer was a founding co-director of the College of Home Economics. -
The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville was established first then the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (1890). -
She was the first president of the Academy of Nutrition
and Dietetics. She was dedicated to helping the government conserve food and improve the public's health and nutrition during World War I. -
First African American to graduate from New Mexico State University. She became an educator after graduating from college. -
Sold nutritious lunches at the 1894 Chicago World’s Fair that included nutritive value and cost per serving. Richards had scientifically prepared foods for the World’s Fair. -
Eleven leaders gathered in New York to begin the profession of
Home Economics (adopted as a name for the new field of study). -
Established a National Cooperative Extension Service that extended outreach programs through land-grant universities. To help educate rural Americans about advances in agricultural practices and technology. -
Promoted precollegiate vocational education in agricultural and industrial trades and in home economics. -
Provided grants to states to maintain, improve, and develop vocational-technical education programs. -
Provided new programs for vocational education. Also, part-time employment for the youth to receive earnings to continue vocational training. -
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 is the federal law that authorizes the formula grant programs for vocational rehabilitation, supported employment, independent living, and client assistance. -
This amendment required states to receive federal funds for vocational education to develop and carry out activities. Also, programs to eliminate gender bias, stereotyping, and discrimination in vocational education. -
The act aims to increase the quality of technical education within the United States in order to help the economy. -
American Home Economics Association voted to change the name of the profession to Family and Consumer Sciences. -
The birthday of AAFCS Founder Ellen Richards. This day is known as "Dine in Day."