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INTRO TO FCS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
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INTRO TO FCS FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITHCORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Why did Ellen Swallow Richards think this field of study was important?
Answer - She wanted to make opportunities for less-advantaged women
through education.
What was unique about her background? Answer - She went to Vassar college
and was the first woman to study at MIT, although she was a "special student"
Where did she grow up? Answer - Born in Dunstable, Massachusetts, grew up
on a rural farm.
Describe historical events and lifestyle of her childhood. Answer - Oregon trail
Gold rush
Civil war
parents = teachers
taught importance of education
farm- little contact with outside world
labor of farm life
Where did she attend college? Graduate school? Answer - Vassar college
MIT
, Describe historical events and lifestyle of her college years. Answer - Uncle
toms cabin
Lincoln years
frugality and thrift
women stayed in household
Who did she marry and where did they live? Answer - Professor Robert H
Richards
suburb of Boston
Describe historical events and lifestyle of her adulthood. Answer - poverty
new immigrants
majority of women didn't have education
Industrial revolution
Describe the significant events the life of Ellen Swallow Richards that led to her
personal development as well as the development of the Family and Consumer
Sciences discipline. Answer - Chemist
State board of health of Massachusetts
president of American Home Economics Association
National Education Association
awarded Doctorate
What did the following pioneers contribute to the field of FCS?
10. Isabel Bevier
11. Caroline Hunt
12. WO Atwater
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