Frances Elliott Mann Hall

Frances Elliott Mann Hall (October 6, 1853 – February 6, 1935) was an American educator, school administrator, and one of the five founders of Sigma Kappa sorority. She opened and operated the Hall-Noyes School in Washington, D.C.

Early life Frances Elliott Mann was born on October 6, 1853, in Yarmouth, Maine. She was a high school teacher in Rockport, Massachusetts. She felt she needed better professional training and enrolled in Colby College when she was in her early twenties. Colby College was the first New England college to admit women along with men. While at Colby, Mann was a founder of the Sigma Kappa sorority. She attended the 1928 Sigma Kappa Convention in Washington, D.C. and the Saranac Convention in 1933.

Career Hall taught Latin at the Central High School in Washington, D.C. for 40 years. She worked with her husband who was also a teacher. The school operated until the mid-1920s.