Port Gibson Female College was a

female seminary A female seminary is a private educational institution for women, popular especially in the United States in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when opportunities in educational institutions for women were scarce. The movement was a sign ...

, founded in

Port Gibson, Mississippi Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of the ...

, in 1843. It closed in 1908.

History

The college was founded in 1843. In 1869 it was donated to the

Methodist Episcopal Church, South The Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MEC, S; also Methodist Episcopal Church South) was the American Methodist denomination resulting from the 19th-century split over the issue of slavery in the Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC). Disagreement ...

. Unlike many small colleges in Mississippi, the Port Gibson Female College did not shut down during the

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. It closed in 1908. One of the college's original buildings now serves as the city hall of Port Gibson.

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Defunct private universities and colleges in Mississippi Former women's universities and colleges in the United States Educational institutions established in 1843 Female seminaries in the United States Education in Claiborne County, Mississippi Educational institutions disestablished in 1908 History of women in Mississippi 1908 disestablishments in Mississippi Methodist Episcopal Church, South 1843 establishments in Mississippi Port Gibson, Mississippi {{Mississippi-university-stub

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