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==History==
==History==
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|accessdate=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<ref name="Miller2010">{{cite book|author=Mary Carol Miller|title=Lost Mansions of Mississippi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&pg=PA59|accessdate=25 July 2012|date=1 October 2010|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-786-8|page=59}}</ref> (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]). The school was funded in part by the [[Slater Fund]] for the Education of [[Freedman#United States|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|accessdate=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>
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<ref name="Miller2010">{{cite book|author=Mary Carol Miller|title=Lost Mansions of Mississippi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2niviowphQC&pg=PA59|access-date=25 July 2012|date=1 October 2010|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=978-1-60473-786-8|page=59}}</ref> (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]). The school was funded in part by the [[Slater Fund]] for the Education of [[Freedman#United States|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>


The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the [[American Missionary Association]], which had its own college in [[Tougaloo, Mississippi]].<ref name="JamesJames1971"/>
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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Mount Hermon Female Sanctuary
TypePrivate, women's seminary, HBCU
Active1875–1924
AffiliationAmerican Missionary Association
Location
Clinton
,
Mississippi
,
United States

Mount Hermon Female Sanctuary (1875—1924) in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.

History

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 Freedman 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]

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ Chad Chisholm (10 January 2007). Clinton. Arcadia Publishing. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-7385-4354-3. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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