2.  Birth: May 4,1796  Death: August 2, 1859  Hometown: Franklin, Massachusetts  Mann grew up in Rev. Dr. Nathanial Emmons’ Calvinist-based congregational church, but when his brother Stephen drowned, Mann, who was fourteen at the time, began preaching about descending into hell, a fate that awaited unconverted souls  From there, Mann renounced his Calvinist beliefs and set out to live a life believing in God’s benevolence and fair treatment

3.  Education: Attended and graduated from both Brown University of Providence Rhode Island and Litchfield Law School in Litchfield, Connecticut  After graduating from these two schools, Horace Mann moved to Dedham, Massachusetts in 1823, began practicing law, and joined the First Unitarian Parish Church of Dedham  During the years 1827 to 1832, Mann served successfully on the Massachusetts Legislature  In 1830, Horace Mann married Charlotte whose father was the President of Brown University; unfortunately, she died two years after their marriage

4.  At the end of his third year on the Massachusetts Senate, Mann, in 1837, ended his career as a senator and joined the Massachusetts Board of Education as a Secretary  Standards Changed During Mann’s Period of Service:  Fund increases for schools  The effective training of teachers  Implementing a better school curriculum  The grading of students based upon their age  Lengthening of the school year  Advocated for the end of corporal punishment, the use of whips and rods to punish children, in public schools

5.  “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.“- Horace Mann  Work as an Abolitionist:  In 1848 Horace Mann was elected to Congress and replaced the deceased John Quincy Adams  During his term, he engaged himself deeply in the fight against slavery  Work for the Mentally Ill:  During the time he served on the Massachusetts Legislature, Mann was the fundamental key in getting an asylum built for the mentally ill in Worcester

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