# Ellen Cheney Johnson

> Ellen Cheney Johnson 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.

*American prison reformer (1829-1899)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ellen-cheney-johnson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1829-12-20
- **Died:** 1899-06-28
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Ellen Cheney Johnson 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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 29.4

## Sources
- [Ellen Cheney Johnson](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Cheney_Johnson)
- [الن چنی جانسون](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5364782)

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