Horace Mann, an educator from Massachusetts helped create statewide common school systems. ... In 1838, he started a journal, which he wrote two times a week called "Common School Journal" for teachers and lectured on education to all who would listen. ... Sometimes girls were taught social etiquette, music, needlework, cooking, and nursing. ...

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