Sarah Patton Boyle
Sarah Patton Boyle | |
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by Holsinger Studio, from the Richmond Times-Dispatch | |
| Born | Sarah-Lindsay Patton May 9, 1906 |
| Died | February 20, 1994 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Civil rights activist, writer |
| Years active | 1950–1967 |
| Notable work | The Desegregated Heart: A Virginian's Stand in Time of Transition (1962) |
| Spouse | E. Roger Boyle |
Sarah-Lindsay Patton "Pattie" Boyle (May 9, 1906 – February 20, 1994) was an American author and civil rights activist from Virginia during the Civil Rights Movement. She is the author of The Desegregated Heart and various articles and books about race relations in Virginia and the South. Boyle was a "faculty wife" of drama professor, E. Roger Boyle, at the University of Virginia. Boyle was the first white person to serve on the board of directors for the Charlottesville NAACP chapter. She was "an outspoken advocate for desegregation in her native South."