美國에 있어서의 家政敎育的 立法에 關한 考察 = A Survey on Federal Legislation and Home Eocnomics in the United States.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The activities of the Federal government in promoting education for all citizens of the United States, especially since 1850 have done much to further home economics. Before this time and including the 1850s, woman's place was considered to be in the home, where higher education was thought unnecessary. Several state universities in the West had opened their doors to woman's colleges were still on the junior college level.
The first Federal Legislation of importance to Home Economics was the Land-Grant Aid of colleges, better known as the Morrill Act. To understand the significance of this act, One must remember that around 1850 there was increasing demand for a new type of higher education, one that would differ from the traditional and classical concepts which were held by the colleges of the day. This new education was to be for the sons & daughters of the classes who earned their living from agriculture & industry.
Secondly, the Smith-Lever act of 1914 represented the 1st organized attempt by the United States Government to carry on adult education. Furthermore, it was the 1st specific legislation for the home by the Federal Government. It made available a sizable sum of money for promoting Home Economics work and placed Home Economics on the same level as agriculture for Federal support.
Thirdly, government-sponsored vocational education in Home Economics owes much of its development to the passage of the Smith-Hughes Act of 1917 and the later expansion of the act through additional appropriations, and Home Economics in the public school was greatly stimulated by its provisions.
The influence of the Federal government upon the development of Home Economics has been very far-reaching. Not only has it provided the necessary funds for many of the programs, but the stimulation and often leadership for Home Economics development and expansion in research, in education at the high schools, colleges and adult levels, as well as in the vocational and trade areas.