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Ellen Cheney Johnson

American prison reformer (1829-1899) · United States · On the map · Activists · Died at 69

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...

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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.

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Country
United States
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1829 to 1899 · aged 69