TheEraOfReformJessicaL0

Second Great Awakening

Jan 1, 1820

Charles Finney preaches in the Second Great Awakening

"The Liberator"

Jan 1, 1831

William Lloyd Garrisonstarts the anti-slavery newspaper called "The Liberator"

Oberlin College : First to admit women

Jan 1, 1837

Oberlin College becomes the first college to admit women along with men

World Anti-Slavery Convention

Jan 1, 1840

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady santon attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London

Horrors of Jails and prisons

Jan 1, 1841

Dorothea Dix descovers the horrors of jails and prisons

Brook Farm

Jan 1, 1841

George Ripley founds Brook Farm

Seneca Falls Conference

Jul 19, 1848

300 people attend the Senaca Falls Conference

Public Education Improvement

Jan 1, 1850

Horace Mann achieves some success in public education