Electa Amanda Wright Johnson

Electa Amanda Wright was born in the town of Arcadia, New York, November 13, 1838. Her father, Bezaleel Wright Jr. (1796–1878), was from a family that had fought in the American Revolution, and her mother, Catharina Kipp (1799–1863), While she was still a child, her parents moved west and settled near Madison, Wisconsin. She attended neighborhood schools and finished high school in Madison. ==Career==

Johnson became a successful teacher in Madison. she married Daniel Harris Johnson, In that capacity, she participated in their deliberations in Washington, D.C., Louisville, Kentucky, St. Louis, Missouri, Madison, Wisconsin, and San Francisco, California. She was involved in the associated charities of Milwaukee, strongly favoring efforts to aid and encourage others to become self-supporting, rather than mere almsgiving. She was an active member and was for two years corresponding secretary of the Women's Club of Wisconsin. She was not a professional literary woman, but she wrote short articles and brief stories for publication, and numerous papers to be read before the societies, conferences, clubs and classes with which she was affiliated. Johnson was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. ==Death==

Electa Amanda Wright Johnson died in New York, January 17, 1919. ==Selected works==

• "The Wisconsin industrial school", Milwaukee Monthly, v. 11, 1876, pp. 118–120. • "Milwaukee home for the friendless", Milwaukee Monthly, pp. 246–250. ==References==