Rebecca Mann Pennell, later Rebecca Mann Dean (1821-1890Dorr, Laurence J., 'Botanical Libraries and Herbaria in North America. 4. The Samuel Botsford Buckley – Rebecca Mann Dean Mystery', ''Taxon'' 46:4 (1997), pp. 661-687) was an American educator, niece of prominent educator

Horace Mann Horace Mann (May 4, 1796August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer, slavery abolitionist and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts St ...

, and the first woman to be appointed a full faculty member at an American

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. She was one of the ten founding professors of

Antioch College Antioch College is a private liberal arts college in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Founded in 1850 by the Christian Connection, the college began operating in 1852 as a non-sectarian institution; politician and education reformer Horace Mann was its ...

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, where she taught physical geography, drawing, natural history, civil history, and didactics. Pennell was the first female college professor who received the same rank and pay as her male colleagues and attended faculty meetings. Part of Pennell's salary was a home on campus, which still stands and is named for Pennell, as is a hall in one of Antioch College's dormitory buildings.

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