Family and Consumer Science History

What is the Morill Act?

• Act passed to support colleges of ag and mechanical arts. Public lands were donated to use for public colleges.

• An Act Passed to create AAFCS

• An Act passed for FCS to be able to have FCCLA as our organization

Kansas State Agricultural College began in 1873, and what did it provide for women?

• The first college to provide academic credit for women.

• Was a woman only college.

• The first college to provide financial aid for women.

Who was the Founder of Home Economics?

• Ellen Swallow Richards

• Danielle Dreilinger

• Catahrine Beecher

What book did Ellen Swallow Richards publish?

• The Chemistry of Cooking and Cleaning: A Manual for Housekeepers

• The Handbook for Home Economics

• The Family and Consumer Science Book of the Year

What was the Rumford Kitchen?

• It was a scientific and educational exhibit that serves inexpensive, nutritious meals, and educates about nutrition and proper food preparation.

• It was a soup kitchen that served soup and bread.

• It was a model kitchen used to show what a homemaker's kitchen should look like.

What was the school lunch program?

• First nutritional school lunch program that started in Boston. Ellen Swallows Richards 10 cent school lunch

• Created school lunch menus in schools

• Allowed students to eat lunch at school and leave school for lunch as well

What Was Held at Lake Placid in 1899?

• A meeting conference that later would form the American Home Economics Association

• A conference for Land Grant Universities

• The Home Economics yearly meeting to discuss changes in the Association

When did childcare and promoting family wellness becomes a focus in home economics?

• 1899

• 1889

• 1903

When was the American Home Economics Association founded?

• 1909

• 1900

• 1899

What were Home Demonstration Agents?

• Agents to reach more women to help them with better methods for things like canning, sewing, improving families' living conditions, and gardening

• Agents to have pop-up demonstrations for women to get a job out of the home

• Agents to do demonstrations at home and post on the Internet