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'''Mount Hermon Female Seminary''' (1875-1924) in [[Clinton, Mississippi]] was a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[Women's colleges in the United States|institution of higher education for women]].
'''Mount Hermon Female Seminary''' (1875-1924) in [[Clinton, Mississippi]] was a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[Women's Colleges in the Southern United States|institution of higher education for women]].


Founded in [[1875]] by [[Sarah Ann Dickey]], the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater ''Mount Holyoke Female Seminary'' (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]).
Founded in [[1875]] by [[Sarah Ann Dickey]], the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater ''Mount Holyoke Female Seminary'' (now [[Mount Holyoke College]]).

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Mount Hermon Female Seminary
TypePrivate, women's seminary, HBCU
Active1875–1924
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, the school was patterned after Dickey's alma mater Mount Holyoke Female Seminary (now Mount Holyoke College).

The Seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in Tougaloo, Mississippi.

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