Family and Consumer Sciences Timeline

Family and Consumer Sciences THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1841-1883 JULY 2ND MAY 14TH FALL SEPTEMBER 29TH Catharine Beecher published her book A Treatise on Domestic Economy. This contributed to the domestic science movement. YWCA formally known as the Ladies Christian Association was formed in New York City. Morrill Act was passed by President Abraham Lincoln making it possible for funds to be made for the state to build public colleges. Miss Ellen H. Swallow received her Bachelor of Science degree. She also got her Masters awarded by Vassar. Ellen Swallow Richards helped in establishing a women’s laboratory allowing hundreds of women to train there. Ellen H. Richards’ book, Chemistry for Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers is published It was voted that the Women’s Laboratory be discontinued so that students would be admitted to the Kidder Laboratories with no regard for gender. 184 1 185 8 186 2 187 3 187 6 188 2 1883

Family and Consumer Sciences THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1884-1908 APRIL 15TH Ellen H. Swallow Richards starts work after being appointed to work under Professor Nichols in Sanitation Chemistry for $600 yearly Mrs. Ellen Swallow Richards was voted on a raise in yearly salary to $1000 Hatch Act passed providing basic and applied agriculture research for state colleges to be conducted Second Morrill passed allowing black college students funding Ellen Richards was the head of creating the Rumford Kitchen in Chicago at the World’s Columbian Exposition Ellen Richards along with others formed a summer conference in Lake Placid, New York. American Home Economics Association was formed, and Ellen was elected as president. 1884 188 4 188 7 1890 189 3 189 9 190 8 MAY 6TH

Family and Consumer Sciences THIS DAY IN HISTORY(CONTINUED) 1923-1943 The one appointed for the first head of the USDA Bureau of Home Economics was Louise Stanley. Recognition of Childcare as part of the Home Economics Curriculum came about. Corporations for food started hiring Home Economists to make recipes with nutritional information. The Betty Lamp symbol/logo is now officially used for the American Home Economics Association. By the public, Home Economists in the state become known as experts in human nutrition. The one appointed to Roosevelt’s First Nutrition Congress was Agnes Faye Morgan. The USDA Bureau of Home Economics becomes the Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics. 192 5 1926 1926 193 1 1941 194 3 1923

Family and Consumer Sciences THIS DAY IN HISTORY(CONTINUED) 1960- Feminists criticize scientific experts in Home Economics for fostering restrictive roles for women. Undergraduate programs in home economics begin under accreditation. The provision of grand to the state for vocational-technical education programs came after the Vocation Education Act which made it possible for employment outside the home Vocational Education Act started gearing its work much more towards males. AHEA launched Project 2000 – enhancing programs to meet diversity needs 1960’s 198 9 Special education for handicapped or disadvantaged students was amended after the Vocation Education Act An Eleventh Lake Placid Conference was held to make a consensus among members. 196 1 196 3 1968 197 3 197 6

Citation Slide (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica, 2023) The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2023b, September 2). Catharine Beecher | 19th century educator, author & feminist . Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Catharine-Beecher History - YWCA USA . (2019, February 28). YWCA USA. https://www.ywca.org/about/history/ Act of July 2, 1862 (Morrill Act), Public Law 37-108, which established land grant colleges, 07/02/1862; Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, 1789-1996; Record Group 11; General Records of the United States Government; National Archives. Morrill Act (1862) . (2022, May 10). National Archives. https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/morrill-act Ellen H. Swallow Richards - American Chemical Society . (n.d.). American Chemical Society. https://www.acs.org/education/whatischemistry/women-scientists/ellen-h-swallow-richards.html Kato, S. L., & Elias, J. G. (2014). Foundations of family and consumer sciences: Careers Serving Individuals, Families, and Communities . Goodheart-Wilcox Publisher. ( Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards With Female Students in Classroom, 1888 | MIT Museum , n.d.) ( Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards | MIT Museum , n.d.) The chemistry of cooking and cleaning; a manual for housekeepers : Richards, Ellen Henrietta (Swallow), 1842-1911 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive . (1882). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/chemistrycooking00richiala Trending News 829SF4 . (n.d.). Trending News 829sf4. https://trendingnews829sf4.blogspot.com/ http://www.blackbottomarchives.com/blackhistory/2015/2/18/morrill-act-of-1890 Rumford Kitchen at Columbian Exposition, 1893 | MIT Museum . (n.d.). MIT Museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00024251?query=rumford%20kitchen&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=hasImage&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=true&resultIndex=0 Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards with women at Lake Placid | MIT Museum . (n.d.). MIT Museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00024228?query=lake%20placid%2C%20new%20york %20conference&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=hasImage&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=true&resultIndex=0 Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards with group of Home Economics workers | MIT Museum . (n.d.). MIT Museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00024265?query=american%20home%20economics%20%20association&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=hasImage&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=true&result Index=1 https://www.biography.com/people/ellen-richards-9457351 UNL Extension offers polos at reduced cost | Announce | University of Nebraska-Lincoln . (n.d.). https://newsroom.unl.edu/announce/snr/2581/14229 Ellen Henrietta (Swallow) Richards and Robert H. Richards | MIT Museum . (n.d.). MIT Museum. https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/object/GCP-00024209?query=Ellen%20richards%20death&filters%5B0%5D%5Bfield%5D=hasImage&filters%5B0%5D%5Bvalue%5D=true&page=2&resultIndex=14 http://www.aplu.org/about-us/history-of-aplu/index.html

Citation Slide Home - American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences . (n.d.). Higher Logic, LLC. https://www.aafcs.org/home BYU–Idaho begins building energy facility, housing complex - church news and events . (n.d.). https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/church/news/byu-idaho-begins-building-energy-facility-housing-complex?lang=eng Apron Strings and Kitchen Sinks | The First Bureau Chief: Louise Stanley · Bureau of Home Economics . (n.d.). https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/apronsandkitchens/exhibits/show/the-bureau-of-home-economics/stanley Wikipedia contributors. (2023). Bureau of Home Economics. Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Home_Economics_(US) Iowa, H. S. (2017, July 25). The Iowa Homemaker Vol.27, No.4 . https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1232&context=homemaker Betty lamp-the official symbol and logo of the American Home Economics Association . (n.d.). https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:549020 Wikipedia contributors. (2023b). Agnes Fay Morgan. Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Fay_Morgan Apron strings and kitchen sinks | Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics: What it is and what it does . (n.d.). https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/apronsandkitchens/items/show/127 Texas State Historical Association. (n.d.). Vocational education . https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kdves Wikipedia contributors. (2023b). Bureau of Home Economics. Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau_of_Home_Economics_(US) Iowa, H. S. (2017b, July 25). The Iowa Homemaker Vol.27, No.4 . https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1232&context=homemaker Iowa, H. S. (2017c, July 25). The Iowa Homemaker Vol.27, No.4 . https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1232&context=homemaker Betty lamp-the official symbol and logo of the American Home Economics Association . (n.d.-b). https://digital.library.cornell.edu/catalog/ss:549020 Wikipedia contributors. (2023d). Agnes Fay Morgan. Wikipedia . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Fay_Morgan Apron strings and kitchen sinks | Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics: What it is and what it does . (n.d.-b). https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/ipd/apronsandkitchens/items/show/127