Chickasaw Female College was a women's college in Pontotoc, Mississippi. It was founded in 1851 as the Pontotoc Female College, taken over by the

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in 1853, and closed in 1936. During the

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the college was used as a hospital by both the

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and the

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Universities and colleges established in 1852 Educational institutions disestablished in 1936 Defunct private universities and colleges in Mississippi Former women's universities and colleges in the United States 1852 establishments in Mississippi 1936 disestablishments in Mississippi History of women in Mississippi Pontotoc County, Mississippi