The Era of Reform EricM5 By Emac Jan 1, 1820 Charles Finney preaches in the Second Great Awakening Jan 1, 1831 William Loyd 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 Lecretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton attend the world anti-slavery convention in London Jan 1, 1841 Dorothea Dix discovers horrors in jails and prison Jan 1, 1850 Horace Mann acheives some success in public education