Mount Hermon Female Seminary

Mount Hermon Female Seminary (1875—1924) in Clinton, Mississippi was a historically black institution of higher education for women.^[1]

Mount Hermon Female Seminary

Mount Hermon Female Seminary (c. 1910)
Former names	Mount Hermon Seminary
Type	Private, women's seminary, HBCU
Active	1875–1924
Affiliation	American Missionary Association
Location	Clinton , Mississippi , United States

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.^[1] By 1908, the Mount Hermon Female Seminary had 110 students and 6 teachers.^[1] 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