Johnson, Amanda (1871-1949)

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Richard Theodore Ely to Jane Addams, July 21, 1902

Jane Addams to Richard Theodore Ely, July 25, 1902

Jane Addams's Own Story of Her Work: The First Five Years at Hull-House (Second of Three Installments), April 1906

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Birth Date

1871-10-22

Death Date

1949

Birthplace

Rockdale Dan, Wisconsin

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Amanda Johnson studied at the University of Wisconsin and then did volunteer inspection work in Chicago and Pittsburgh. She then worked for Jane Addams as a settlement worker and a deputy garbage inspector, and the two of them worked to fight disease and improve sanitary conditions in Chicago. Johnson eventually became a full garbage inspector when Addams resigned. In 1898, Alderman John Powers accused Johnson of violating civil service law, but the people of Chicago supported Johnson, and Powers' attack on her severely damaged his political career.

Johnson died in 1949.