[DOC] [TLE] Home economics - Wikipedia [PAR] Home economics, now known as family and consumer sciences (FCS), is the 
profession and field of study that ... They met at pristine Lake Placid, New York at 
the invitation of Melvil Dewey. ... of controllable environment, was also a name of 
her choice, but "home economics" was ultimately chosen as the official term in 
1899. [DOC] [TLE] Ellen Swallow Richards - Wikipedia [PAR] Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards (December 3, 1842  March 30, 1911) was an 
industrial and environmental chemist in the United States during the 19th century. 
Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in ..... 
Early in September, 1899, trustees of the Lake Placid Club (Morningside, New... [DOC] [TLE] home economics facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Home economics as a field of study in the United States was formed before the 
start ... upstate New York to create their own interdisciplinary field of study and 
profession. The Lake Placid Conferences on Home Economics (18991909) 
culminated ... As a result, the field expanded its work, adding development, 
delivery, and... [DOC] [TLE] Classification and the Definition of a Discipline: The Dewey Decimal ... [PAR] Placid Conferences on Home Economics, hosted annually from 1899 through 
1908 by ... Lake Placid conference in 1902, a definition that to some degree still 
stands today: ... In a narrow sense the term is given to the study of the empirical 
sciences with special reference to the practical problems of housework, cooking 
etc. 2. [DOC] [TLE] About - Home Economics Archive: Research, Tradition and History [PAR] Beginning in 1899, Richards, along with Melvil Dewey and other educators and 
activists, ... At the first conference, participants agreed on the term "home 
economics," which was held ... health, institutional management, social work, 
housing, and, of course, education. ... Ithaca, NY: Albert R. Mann Library, Cornell 
University. [DOC] [TLE] AAFCS Brand Story - American Association of Family & Consumer ... [PAR] Beginning in 1899, Ellen Richards helped organize a series of ten annual 
conferences that became known as the Lake Placid Conferences. At the first 
conference, participants agreed on the term home economics to define the broad 
range of ... that students who chose home economics as a field of study would not 
only be... [DOC] [TLE] PDF(554K) - Wiley Online Library [PAR] May 5, 1975 ... tioners, often working through the professional association; possible ... The words 
profession, professional, and pro- .... The 1924 study committee (Requirements 
for ... tration, household economics, household man- agement .... First Lake 
Placid Conference in 1899 so that the ... New York: Institute of Higher. [DOC] [TLE] The Disappointing First Thrust of Euthenics - Vassar College ... [PAR] "Euthenics" was a word she herself had coined from the two Greek stems, eu, 
well; ... larger field of euthenics, came into being at a meeting in Lake Placid in 
1899. ... it was the "first scientific study that had ever been made of the subject 
and was ... of the household: the pay of servants; working conditions; housing 
conditions;... [DOC] [TLE] Ellen H. Richards Facts - Biography - YourDictionary [PAR] Continuing her studies at MIT for another two years, Richards never received a ... 
Both devoted scientists, Professor Richards supported his wife's work while she 
... she coined the term "euthenics"the "science of the controllable environment. 
... As chair of these summer conferences in Lake Placid, New York, she helped... [DOC] [TLE] Events Shaping the Establishment of Home Economics Education ... [PAR] Apr 7, 2014 ... 1899 - 1908. Lake Placid Conferences The conferences at Lake Placid marked 
the formalization of a ... This was where the name 'home economics' was coined 
for the ... yet an explicit definition or mission was not established (Vaines, 1981). 
... As of 2004, the average Canadian household had $16,950 in... [DOC] [TLE] OATD: Swisher, Christine Bronner - Beyond Euthenics: Home ... [PAR] Jun 17, 2016

Question: This term for the study of household work was coined at an 1899 conference in Lake Placid, NY
Answer: Home economics