Mrs. Annie Coleman Peyton in Hazlehurst, Mississippi

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Mrs. Annie Coleman Peyton

Hazlehurst, MS, USA

Mississippi State
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(1852—1894)

Mississippi State College for Women, first state-supported college for women in the U.S., was founded in 1884 through the efforts of Mrs. Peyton, a citizen of Hazlehurst.

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