History of Family & Consumer Sciences

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The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 also helped to develop & teach home economics on land grant ______.

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college campuses

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Efforts to formalize and teach principles that predate FCS go back to

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mid 1800's.

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Catherine Beecher Stowe was a 

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educator and reformer.

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The Morrill Act of 1862 ________ the number of land-grant schools in the U.S.

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decreased

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Ellen Richards was the first woman to graduate from

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MA Institute Of Technology

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Courses in __________ Sciences were offered at the land grant schools.

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Domestic

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What did Ellen Swallow Richards study?

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chemistry

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Richards was the first _________ to attend Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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woman

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In order to educate young women for the household roles, these classes were developed.

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home economics

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The Smith-Lever Act of 1914 and Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 provided money to expand demonstration work in

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rural communities.