The Era of Reform

  • Charles Finney preaches in the SEcond Great Awakening

    Charles Finney preaches in the SEcond Great Awakening

  • William Lloyd Garrison starts the anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator

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

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

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

  • Dorothea Dix discovers the horrors in jails and prisons

    Dorothea Dix discovers the horrors in jails and prisons

  • George Ripley founds Brook Farm

    George Ripley founds Brook Farm

  • 300 people participates in the Seneca Falls Conference

    300 people participates in the Seneca Falls Conference

  • Horace Mann achieves some success in public education