Mann, Mary Tyler Peabody, 1806-1887

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1806-11-16
Death 1887-02-11
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Educator.

From the description of Papers of Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, 1863-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451614

Mary Tyler Peabody Mann was an active social reformer, educator, and author. Along with her sisters, Elizabeth Peabody and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, she created and maintained vital connections within the Transcendentalist movement. Mary and her husband, educator Horace Mann, were active abolitionists. The sisters's practical application of optimism and human kindness brought them much notoriety and goodwill.

From the description of Mary Mann letter to Mr. Boyd, 1866 July. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 54429011

Mary Tyler Peabody Mann, the wife of Horace Mann and sister of Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Sophia Peabody Hawthorne, was an American writer and prolific letter-writer.

From the description of Mary Tyler Peabody Mann collection of papers, 1822-1946 bulk (1822-[1877]). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122686840

From the guide to the Mary Tyler Peabody Mann collection of papers, 1822-1949, 1822-1877, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.)

Links to collections

Comparison

This is only a preview comparison of Constellations. It will only exist until this window is closed.

  • Added or updated
  • Deleted or outdated

Information

Permalink:
SNAC ID:

Subjects:

  • Education
  • Education
  • Women authors
  • Educational innovations
  • Families
  • Freedmen
  • Reformers
  • Religious thought
  • Women educators
  • Women educators
  • Women social reformers

Occupations:

  • Educators

Places:

  • Argentina (as recorded)
  • Arkansas--Helena (as recorded)
  • South America (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts (as recorded)

SNAC Cooperative Logo

Social Networks and Archival Context

SNAC is a discovery service for persons, families, and organizations found within archival collections at cultural heritage institutions.

Sponsors

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Endowment for the Humanities

Hosts

University of Virginia Library
National Archives and Records Administration