VA-K304 Sallie Jones Atkinson

Marker text: SALLIE JONES ATKINSON

1860-1943

Sallie Jones Atkinson, prominent educator and community leader in Dinwiddie County and her husband, John Pryor Atkinson, gave the land on which Sunnyside High School was built in 1911. By her vision, tireless industry, and determination, the school became the first eight-month rural school accredited in Virginia. Mrs. Atkinson also served on the state committee that worked to secure Governor Montague's approval for women's suffrage.

Department of Conservation and Historic Resources, 1986.