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BTLE- H.E 2

Timeline of Home Economics /Family and Consumer Sciences

 1635             Dame schools

- taught the alphabet, counting, prayers, Catechism, some Bible reading and
sewing

 1827-1874   Catharine Beecher wrote 33 books of which 96% of content was related
to home economics

 1841           Catharine Beecher wrote A Treatice on Domestic Economy

- first home economics textbook recognized by a state department of

education

 1857           Edward Youmans wrote Household Science

- the book was a scientific study of air, heat, food and light and gave a
definition of household science which was later adapted by home
economists

 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

 1889           Lake Placid Conference

- eleven attendees adapted the name "home economics" to this field

 1909           10th Lake Placid Conference

- American Home Economics Association emerged

 1910           American Home Economics Association chartered on January 1

 1914           Smith-Lever Act passed

- created the Agricultural Extension Services, including home economics

 1914          Commission on vocational education presented report to congress

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

 1917           Smith-Hughes Act passed on February 23

- established the Federal Board of Vocational Education

- established home economics as part of vocational education

- provided financial aid by paying for salaries of vocational teachers in the high
school aided higher education facilities in training such teachers

 1920           Some high school home economics clubs had developed

 1927           Capper-Ketcham Act

- extended Smith-Lever Act to cover home economics and agriculture

 1929           George-Reed Act

-authorized added appropriations for home economics 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

 1934           George-Ellzey Act

- annual appropriations of 3 million dollars to each field for three years

- resulted in increased enrollment in vocational programs

 1936           George-Dean Act

- authorized appropriations of 4 million dollars to each field

 1943           Committee appointed by AHEA

-recommended that home economics clubs should form a national

organization
 1945           Future Homemakers of America officially drafted a temporary
constitution on June 11

 1946           George-Barden Act

-allowed flexible use of funds

-the largest share went to rural areas

 1958           Caroline L. Hunt wrote The Life of Ellen H. Richards

- biography of the first president of AHEA

- Hunt was a friend of Richards and also was present at Lake Placid

 1958           National Defense Education Act

- resulted in increased understanding of technical education and its part in a

technical society

 1959            "New Directions" published

 1962           Manpower Development and Training Act

-laid the groundwork for occupational home economics

-produced curriculum materials useful for occupational home economics

 1963           Vocational Education Act of 1963 (Perkins Bill)

-in society, the household 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

 1968            Vocational Amendments of 1968

- consumer homemaking earmarked for 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

 1971            Approved Home Economics Related Occupations (HERO) chapters

nationally

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

 1973             Eleventh Lake Placid Conference

- developed a list of issues that should take top priority in home economics
program

 1975             "New Directions II" published

- developed a list of issues that should take top priority in home economics
program

- listed five new priorities in home economics

 1976            Unified statement of purposes, recommendations, and programs for

vocational home economics

- developed by home economics division of American Vocational Association,

American Home Economics Association, and Home Economics
Education Association

 1976           Vocational Amendments of 1976

- provided vocational funding of over $1 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

 1981             first black national president of FHA/HERO

 1983             new national FHA/HERO building constructed in Reston, VA

 1986            first male national president of FHA/HERO

 1993             Profession changed its name to Family and Consumer Sciences

- 100 invited professionals representing 21 related professional organizations

met in Scottsdale, Arizona, in June and voted to change the name

 1994             School-to-Work Opportunities Act passed

 1994       AHEA changed name to American Association of Family and Consumer
Sciences

 1998              Carl Perkins Act of 1998

- new funding program passed in October

- not all of the details have been released yet

Resources:

Blankenship, M. L., & Moerchen, B. D.  (1979).  Home Economics Education.  Retrieved on

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