Hillman College

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Hillman College, at Clinton, Mississippi was a women's college from 1853-1942.[1] It was founded as the Central Female Institute, and renamed Hillman College in 1891. Mississippi College bought and absorbed Hillman in 1942.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Leon C. Standifer - Not in Vain: A Rifleman Remembers World War II 1998 -- Page 5 "A Baptist family then established Hillman College as a parallel institution for women. In 1932 Clinton was a town of perhaps 1,500 people. Like much of the country, it was under serious stress from the Great Depression. The Roaring Twenties ..."
  2. ↑ Randall H. Balmer -The encyclopedia of evangelicalism - Page 384 2002 "1850 ... Three years later a separate school for women was established in Clinton. First known as Central Female Institute, the school was later renamed Hillman College. In 1942, Mississippi College bought and absorbed Hillman. Mississippi College ...
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