Kristyn Koch - FCS 101

May 6, 2013

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Dame Schools: taught counting, prayers, the Bible, reading and sewing
1635

Schools began to include classes related to domestic concerns Late 1700’s

Catharine Beecher wrote 33 books related to home economics

1827-1874

Catharine Beecher wrote A Treatice on Domestic Economy: first home 1841

economics textbook recognized by a state department of education

Edward Youmans wrote Household Science: the book gave a definition of 1857
household science and was later adapted by home economists

First Morrill Act 1862

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 Domestic Economy Curriculum 1873

MIT grants Ellen Richards BS 1873

Vassar grants a Doctorate

The Chemistry of Cooking &Cleaning 1872

Domestic Science courses 1877

The Great Sanitary Survey 1887

Hatch Act passed: developed the Central Office of the Agricultural

Experimental Stations, of which W. O. Atwater, the father of nutrition, was
the first director

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 Lake Placid Conference: eleven attendees adapted the name "home 1887
economics" to this field

The 2nd Morrill Act 1890

Rumford Kitchen 1893

1894 School lunch- women are hired to prepare food for students 1894

Lake Placid Conference 1899

Childcare and Parenting

Education beyond 8th grade 1901

10th Lake Placid Conference: American Home Economics Association

emerged- AHEA chartered on January 1 1909

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 First Girls Tomato club 1909

Ellen Richards dies 1911

Home demonstration agents 1912

Smith-Lever Act passed: created the Agricultural Extension Services, 1914

including home economics

Commission on vocational education presented report to congress, this

report suggested occupational training in several fields: dietitian, cook,
housemaid, institution manager, and household director

Smith-Hughes Act passed on February 23: established the Federal Board 1917
of Vocational Education, established home economics and provided
financial aid

WWI 1917-1919

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 Instruction in schools 1918

Home Economics section added 1920

High school home economics clubs had developed

1925
Childcare recognized
1926
Food Corps hire Home Economist
1931
Accepted expert in nutrition
1941
First Nutrition Congress
1943
Bureau of Human Nutrition & Home Ec.
1960
Integration

Feminists

Specialized programs

Accreditation of undergrad programs 1963

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 Capper-Ketcham Act: extended Smith-Lever Act to cover home economics 1927
and agriculture

George-Reed Act: authorized added appropriations for home economics 1929

and agriculture which were to increase annually for five years, made home
economics funding more equitable in comparison with other service areas,
permitted more funding for rural areas than urban areas

George-Ellzey Act: annual appropriations of 3 million dollars to each field 1934

for three year, resulted in increased enrollment in vocational programs

George-Dean Act: authorized appropriations of 4 million dollars to each 1936

field

Committee appointed by AHEA: recommended that home economics 1943

clubs should form a national organization

Future Homemakers of America officially drafted a temporary 1945

constitution on June 11

1946
George-Barden Act: allowed flexible use of funds, the largest share went
to rural areas

Caroline L. Hunt wrote The Life of Ellen H. Richards: biography of the first
1958
president of AHEA, Hunt was a friend of Richards and also was present at
Lake Placid

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 National Defense Education Act: resulted in increased understanding of 1958
technical education and its part in a technical society

"New Directions" published 1959

Manpower Development and Training Act: laid the groundwork for 1962
occupational home economics, produced curriculum materials useful for
occupational home economics

Racial tensions

Vocational Education Act of 1963 (Perkins Bill): in society, the household 1963
had become a consumer rather than a producer, resulted in two types of
home economics -- useful employment (consumer) and gainful
employment (occupational), no categorical funding was specifically
earmarked for home economics, and 10% of home economic funds must
be used for related occupational programs

Vocational Amendments of 1968: consumer homemaking earmarked for 1968

funds, occupational programs were still block grants, stressed the dual
role of the wage earner and homemaker, name changed to consumer and
homemaking education, 1/3 of funds was set aside for "economically
depressed" areas

Approved Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) chapters 1971

nationally

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 FHA national advisory board and national executive council voted
to included HERO chapters with FHA chapters

Eeleventh Lake Placid Summit Conference: developed a list of issues that 1973
should take top priority in home economics programs

"New Directions II" published: developed a new statement of purpose, 1975

listed five new priorities in home economics

Gear work towards males 1976

Unified statement of purposes, recommendations, and programs for 1976

vocational home economics: developed by home economics division of
American Vocational Association, American Home Economics Association,
and Home Economics Education Association

Vocational Amendments of 1976: provided vocational funding of over $1 1976

to $1.7 billion dollars until 1982, devised categories for funding, required
state administration, developed national priorities for spending of grant
monies, funded vocational education for displaced homemakers,
attempted to remove stereotypes

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 First black national president of FHA/HERO 1981

New national FHA/HERO building constructed in Reston, VA 1983

First male national president of FHA/HERO 1986

Project 2000 1989

Rethinking women’s ….conference 1991

Profession changed its name to Family and Consumer Sciences: 100 1993
invited professionals representing 21 related professional organizations
met in Scottsdale, Arizona, in June and voted to change the name

AHEA changed name to American Association of Family and Consumer 1994

Sciences

School-to-Work Opportunities Act passed

Membership declines 1998

Carl Perkins Act of 1998: new funding program passed in October, not all
of the details have been released yet

Celebrations 2008

First Lake Bonneville Summit 2009

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 2nd Lake Bonneville Summit at BYUI 2011

Kristyn returns from her mission and interns at a bridal shop to 2015
further her sewing skills while attending school at BYUI

Kristyn opens her own sewing school and quilt shop 2025

Kristyn will revolutionize sewing with her new sewing techniques 2050
and styles

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