Ellen Cheney Johnson

Deceased Person

1829 – 1899

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Who was Ellen Cheney Johnson?

Ellen Cheney Johnson, American prison reformer, founded the New England Women's Auxiliary Association to the United States Sanitary Commission, worked with homeless and vagrant women after the Civil War through the Dedham Asylum for Discharged Female Prisoners, and served as superintendent of the Massachusetts Reformatory Prison for Women at Framingham.

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Born
Dec 20, 1829
Died
Jun 28, 1899
London

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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