FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCEVS.HOME ECONOMICS

PRESENTED BY JANET MCFARLAND, TENNESSEE

HISTORICALLY SPEAKING

Ellen Swallow Richards Probably better known as the founder of the

American Home Economics Association in 1909, Ellen was the first woman to ever attend the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1870, the first woman graduate, and the first woman instructor at MIT. She was a tireless advocate for women’s education and conducted one of the first correspondence courses to update women teaching science. She is credited with starting the school lunch program that is still in place today as well as providing nutritional information to consumers. She believed in the “art of right living” and worked her entire life to improve air and water quality as she knew these were the keys to a healthy life.

THAT WAS THEN…

THIS IS NOW…

CHILD & LIFESPAN DEVELOPMENT

TEXTILES

INTERIOR DESIGN, FOODS & NUTRITION, FINANCIAL LITERACY,LIFE CONNECTIONS…

CLOTHING