Atkins, Mary (1819–1882)
Atkins, Mary (1819–1882)
American educator. Born July 7, 1819, in Jefferson, Ohio; died Sept 14, 1882, in Benicia, California.
Became principal and proprietor of the Young Ladies' Seminary at Benicia, California (1855), which prospered under her leadership; sold seminary to Susan and Cyrus Mills (c. Jan 1866) and observed school systems in Europe; reacquired seminary and her post as principal (1879); was highly respected on the West Coast as an educator of young women. Mills College regards the Benicia Seminary as its founding institution.
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