TheEraofReformJanieK5 By CNBoice Jan 1, 1820 Charles Finney preaches in the Second Great Awakening Jan 1, 1831 William Lloyd Garrison starts anti-slavery newspaper Jan 1, 1837 Oberlin College, first college to admit men and women Jan 1, 1840 Mott & Stanton attend World Anti-Slavery Convention in London Jan 1, 1841 Dorothea Dix discovers terrible conditions in jails and prisons Jan 1, 1841 George Ripley founds Brook Farm Jan 1, 1848 300 people participate in Seneca Falls Convention Jan 1, 1850 Horace Mann achieves some success in public education