Timeline History

of Home
Economics
BY: RAZHEL ANN N. UBALDE
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 She is considered the founder of
modern Home Economics; her
Tretise was first complete guide to
housekeeping oublished in Aerica
and was reprinted about once every
year through 1860s and 1870s
CATHERINE
BEECHER
19th Century
 Founder of American Home
Economics Association (now called
the American Associatio of Family
and Consumer Sciences)

ELLEN SWALLOW
RICHARD
20th Century
Superintendent of Home Economics in
the Bureau of Education in Manila in
1929

ELVESSA ANN
STEWART

1862
Signed by Abraham Lincoln,
the Morrill Act of 1862
granted land to ech state or
territory in America for
higher educational programs
in vocational arts, especially
mechanical arts, agriculture,
and home economics
Timeline
1899 1909
The Lake Placid Ellen Swallow Richards
Conferences took place. founded the American
Originally, they wanted to Home Economics
call this profession Association (now called
"oekology", the science of the American Association
right living. However, " of Family and Consumer
Home Economics" Sciences

1914-1917
Women's groups, political parties,
and labor coalitions workes together
in order to pass the Smith- Lever
Act and the Smith-Hughes Act of
1914 and the Smith Hughes Act of
1917 created federal funds for
"vocational education agriculture,
tradees and induxtry, and
homemaking" and created the
officce of home economics
Methodology
1940 1963
In 1963 Congress passed the
Vocational Education Act.
Iowa State College (later Which granted more funds in
University) was the only voational education even in
program granting a master Job Training. Home
of science in household Economics corse are known
equipment and started to taught across th
Nation. Both boys and girls
can learn Home Economics
 Timeline

1970 1994 21ST CENTURY

Present day, the prevelenge of

In 1994, various Home Economics course has
The course became organizations, including declined. Instead, Schools are
required for botyh men and the American Association focusing more on copurses that
women. and must be learn of "Family and Consumer prepare on for university rather
Sciences (FCS)" to reflect that skills . To take care of the
the fact that the field home, the children, and the
covers aspects outside of finances. Home economics has
home life and wellness negative thoughts in other
becausse it has gender bias.
Thank you
so much!