Mount Hermon Female Sanctuary (18751924) in Clinton,

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was a historically black institution of higher education for women.

History

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 school was funded in part by the

Slater Fund The John F. Slater Fund for the Education of Freedmen was a financial endowment established in 1882 by John Fox Slater for education of African Americans in the Southern United States. It ceased independent operation in 1937, by which time it had di ...

for the Education of Freedman from its founding until 1891. The seminary was eventually closed in 1924 by the American Missionary Association, which had its own college in Tougaloo, Mississippi.

Notable people

Lou Singletary Bedford Lou Singletary Bedford (April 7, 1837 – April 10, 1920), pen name Lenora, was an American author and editor. Her poems were published when she was sixteen using a pen name until she married. Later she wrote songs. Bedford contributed periodical ...

(1837–?), author, poet, editor

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Historically black universities and colleges in the United States Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Defunct private universities and colleges in Mississippi Education in Hinds County, Mississippi Female seminaries in the United States Educational institutions established in 1875 Educational institutions disestablished in 1924 History of women in Mississippi 1875 establishments in Mississippi {{Mississippi-university-stub

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