Mount Hermon Female Seminary Explained

Mount Hermon Female Seminary
Established:	1875
Closed:	1924
Country:	United States
Former Names:	Mount Hermon Seminary

Mount Hermon Female Seminary (18751924) in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.^[1]

History

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. By 1908, the Mount Hermon Female Seminary had 110 students and 6 teachers. The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in Tougaloo, Mississippi.^[4]

Notable people

• Lou Singletary Bedford (1837–?), author, poet, editor

See also

• Female seminary
• Women's education in the United States

References

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Notes and References

1. Book: An Era of Progress and Promise: 1863–1910 . Priscilla Pub. Co. . 1910 . Hartshorn . W. N. . Boston, MA . 151 . en . 5343815 . Penniman . George W..
2. Book: Chad Chisholm. Clinton. 25 July 2012. 10 January 2007. Arcadia Publishing. 978-0-7385-4354-3. 101.
3. Book: Mary Carol Miller . Lost Mansions of Mississippi . 1 October 2010 . Univ. Press of Mississippi . 978-1-60473-786-8 . 59 . 25 July 2012.
4. Book: Edward T. James. Janet Wilson James. Paul S. Boyer. Radcliffe College. Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary. registration. 25 July 2012. 1971. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-62734-5. 474.