The Era of Reform ElissaH1 By Elizz Jan 1, 1820 Charles Finney preaches in the Second Great Awakening Jan 1, 1831 Willaim Lloyd Garrison starts the anti-slavery newspaper called The Liberator. Jan 1, 1837 Oberlin College becomes the first college to admit women along with men Jan 1, 1840 Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Staton attend the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London Jan 1, 1841 Dorothea Dix discovers the horrors in jails and prisons Jan 1, 1841 George Ripley founds Brook Farm Jul 19, 1848 300 people participate in the Seneca Falls Conference Jan 1, 1850 Horace Mann achieves some success in public education.
