What%20is%20Family%20and%20Consumer%20Sciences?

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• What is Family and Consumer Sciences?

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• Any Ideas???

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• 1. History
• 2. Importance
• 3. Future Careers

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History

• Founder Ellen Richards Swallow
• Born in1842 northern Massachusetts
• Home Schooled
• Attended Vassar College in New York
• Studied in the field of Chemistry
• Poor air and water quality
• Poor sanitation
• Nutritionally inadequate diets

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• Ellen Richards Swallow
• Attended MIT
• Became an Instructor at MIT
• Helped establish
• First Take Out meals in New England
• Boston lunch program
• Rumford Kitchen
• World Fair in Chicago 1893
• Provided nutritious meals and nutrition education

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• Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862
• Allowed domestic science to prosper
• Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and
  Michigan were the leaders in offering Women's
  Programs
• Any ideas why these states???

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• Lake Placid
• New York
• Late 19th century
• 10 years trying to develop the discipline of Home
  Economics
• Oekologyscience of right living and
• Ethenicsscience of controllable environments

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• In 1909 American Home Economics Association was a
  REALITY!!!

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Importance

• Why do you think Family and Consumer Sciences is
  important?

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• Educate individuals on..
• Relationships between individuals, families,
  communities and the environment in which they
  live
• How...
• Courses on...Consumer Science, Nutrition,
  Parenting, Family economics, Resource Management,
  Human Development, Interior Design and Textiles

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What kind of Jobs?

• Brainstorm jobs that could be related to Family
  and Consumer Science