Ellen Cheney Johnson | |
---|---|
Born | Ellen Cheney December 20, 1829 Athol, Massachusetts |
Died | June 28, 1899 London, England | (aged 69)
Signature | |
Ellen Cheney Johnson (December 20, 1829 – June 28, 1899) was an American prison reformer. She 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.[1]