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'''Mount Hermon Female Seminary''' (1875{{mdash}}1924) in [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]], [[Mississippi]] was a [[Women's colleges in the Southern United States#Historically black colleges (HBCU)|historically black]] [[Women's colleges in the Southern United States|institution of higher education for women]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uT4LPyzvEWUC |title=An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910 |date= |publisher=Priscilla Pub. Co. |year=1910 |editor-last=Hartshorn |editor-first=W. N. |location=Boston, MA |pages=151 |language=en |oclc=5343815 |editor-last2=Penniman |editor-first2=George W.}}</ref> |
'''Mount Hermon Female Seminary''' (1875{{mdash}}1924) in [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]], [[Mississippi]] was a [[Women's colleges in the Southern United States#Historically black colleges (HBCU)|historically black]] [[Women's colleges in the Southern United States|institution of higher education for women]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uT4LPyzvEWUC |title=An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910 |date= |publisher=Priscilla Pub. Co. |year=1910 |editor-last=Hartshorn |editor-first=W. N. |location=Boston, MA |pages=151 |language=en |oclc=5343815 |editor-last2=Penniman |editor-first2=George W.}}</ref> |
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==History== |
==History== |
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Founded in 1875 by [[Sarah Ann Dickey]],<ref name="Chisholm2007">{{cite book|author=Chad Chisholm|title=Clinton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liU17qRbwqoC&pg=PA101|access-date=25 July 2012|date=10 January 2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4354-3|page=101}}</ref> the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]).<ref name="Miller2010">{{cite book |author=Mary Carol Miller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&pg=PA59 |title=Lost Mansions of Mississippi |date=1 October 2010 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-786-8 |page=59 |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> The school was funded in part by the [[Slater Fund |
Founded in 1875 by [[Sarah Ann Dickey]],<ref name="Chisholm2007">{{cite book|author=Chad Chisholm|title=Clinton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=liU17qRbwqoC&pg=PA101|access-date=25 July 2012|date=10 January 2007|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-4354-3|page=101}}</ref> the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]).<ref name="Miller2010">{{cite book |author=Mary Carol Miller |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&pg=PA59 |title=Lost Mansions of Mississippi |date=1 October 2010 |publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi |isbn=978-1-60473-786-8 |page=59 |access-date=25 July 2012}}</ref> The school was funded in part by the [[Slater Fund for the Education of Freedman]] from its founding until 1891.<ref name="JamesJames1971">{{cite book|author1=Edward T. James|author2=Janet Wilson James|author3=Paul S. Boyer|author4=Radcliffe College|title=Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0|url-access=registration|access-date=25 July 2012|year=1971|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-62734-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/notableamericanw02jame_0/page/474 474]}}</ref> |
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After Sarah Ann Dickey's death in 1903, the school was passed on to the [[American Missionary Association]].<ref name=":0" /> By 1908, the Mount Hermon Female Seminary had 110 students and 6 teachers.<ref name=":0" /> The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in [[Tougaloo, Mississippi]].<ref name="JamesJames1971"/> |
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==Notable people== |
==Notable people== |
Latest revision as of 18:50, 27 September 2023
Former names | Mount Hermon Seminary |
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Type | Private, women's seminary, HBCU |
Active | 1875–1924 |
Affiliation | American Missionary Association |
Location | , , United States |
Mount Hermon Female Seminary (1875—1924) in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.[1]
History[edit]
Founded in 1875 by Sarah Ann Dickey,[2] the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater, Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College).[3] The school was funded in part by the Slater Fund for the Education of Freedman from its founding until 1891.[4]
After Sarah Ann Dickey's death in 1903, the school was passed on to the American Missionary Association.[1] By 1908, the Mount Hermon Female Seminary had 110 students and 6 teachers.[1] The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in Tougaloo, Mississippi.[4]
Notable people[edit]
- Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–?), author, poet, editor
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Hartshorn, W. N.; Penniman, George W., eds. (1910). An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910. Boston, MA: Priscilla Pub. Co. p. 151. OCLC 5343815.
- ^ 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.
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