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Horace was born
Horace Mann born March 4, 1796. He was born into a poor life in franklin, Massachusetts. -
Horace Mann go to college
Mann attend college at Brown University. This a great college. He start when he was 20. -
Horac Mann in school
Mann graduated college and then went to law school. He also work for a layer a taught at Brown for 1 year. -
Horace Mann
Mann work as a represent at the state of Massachusetts House of Representatives. He was there until 1833. During his time in the house he made a hospital for mentally ill people. The United States never had a hospital like this. -
Horace Mann moving
Mann Moved to Boston to work in Massachusetts senate. He served on the senate from 1835 to 1837. In 1836 he was the president of the senate. -
Horace Mann want kid to go to school
Horace Mann believed in public school education. He thought the public should pay for the school. He also thought the public should control the school and take care of it. -
Horace Mann pesident for a college
Mann help lead a reform movement to put the states back in change of education. In 1837 a state’s board of education was set up. This board collected and publish info on the schools. Mann became the secretary of this board. He served in this position for 11 years. -
Horace Mann go to congress
Mann became a member of the United States Congress. He replaces former president John Quincy Adams. While in Congress he showed that he was against slavery. -
Horace Mann works for a other college
Mann became the president of Antioch College in Yellow Spring, Ohio. He took this job after losing his run for governor of Massachusetts. It was a new college that believe in equal education despite gender, religion or race. -
Horace Mann death
Mann died in Yellow Spring, Ohio. He was still serving as president of Antioch College. Two month before he died, he gave a speech to the graduates saying, “t beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
