Mount Hermon Female Seminary
Type | Private, women's seminary, HBCU |
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Active | 1875–1924 |
Affiliation | American Missionary Association |
Location | , , |
Mount Hermon Female Seminary (1875-1924) in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.
Founded in 1875 by Sarah Ann Dickey,[1] the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary[2] (now Mount Holyoke College). The school was funded in part by the Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen from its founding until 1891.[3]
The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in Tougaloo, Mississippi.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Chad Chisholm (10 January 2007). Clinton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7385-4354-3. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Mary Carol Miller (1 October 2010). Lost Mansions of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-60473-786-8. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ a b Edward T. James; Janet Wilson James; Paul S. Boyer; Radcliffe College (1971). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Harvard University Press. p. 474. ISBN 978-0-674-62734-5. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
Categories:
- Historically black universities and colleges in the United States
- Former women's universities and colleges in the United States
- Defunct universities and colleges in Mississippi
- Education in Hinds County, Mississippi
- Female seminaries in the United States
- Educational institutions established in 1875
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1924
- History of women in Mississippi
- Southern United States university stubs
- Mississippi school stubs