. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. e, C. McGill, Mrs. J. S. Washington, Mrs. ClementIrons, Mrs. Worrell and Miss E. C. Payne. To give, or to even attempt to give in this short chap-ter, a sketch of the life and labors of each lady whose nameappears herein is a task quite impossible for the writerto perform now; suffice, however, to say that these ladieshave moved a long way from the lowly huts of the pio-neer women. Among them is represented every known grace and refinement which the women of other countries enjoy. They live in a goodly land, occup
. Women of distinction : remarkable in works and invincible in character. e, C. McGill, Mrs. J. S. Washington, Mrs. ClementIrons, Mrs. Worrell and Miss E. C. Payne. To give, or to even attempt to give in this short chap-ter, a sketch of the life and labors of each lady whose nameappears herein is a task quite impossible for the writerto perform now; suffice, however, to say that these ladieshave moved a long way from the lowly huts of the pio-neer women. Among them is represented every known grace and refinement which the women of other countries enjoy. They live in a goodly land, occupy comfortable, yea, luxurious homes, where none dare molest—where none can make them afraid. E. E. Smith, Recent United States Minister to Liberia. 11 WO:\IEN OF DISTINCTION. CHAPTER XXVIII. MRS. A. E. JOHNSON. This very excellent lady was born in Toronto, Canada,in 1858, and was edncated in Montreal, where she wasalso converted and baptized, joining the Point Baptist Church when quite young. She is thedaughter of Eevi and Ellen Hall, formerly of the State. :MKS. a. E. JOHNSON. of Maryland. Upon the death of her father her motherreturned to Baltimore, where she and her daughter bothreside at this time. Mrs. Johnson was teaching a dayschool in the Waters M. E. Chapel, in Baltimore, whenshe and Rev. Harvey Johnson, D. D., became acquainted;as a result of which they were married in 1877, and now WOMEN OF DLSTINCTKJX. 117 are proud of one daughter (four years old) and two sons,respectively eight and ten years old. Mrs. Johnsonbegan her literary career by writing for race papers. It was in 1888 she saw the necessity for a paper suchas would draw out the latent powers of our women bydeveloping a taste and aptness, upon their part, to writeon such topics as would interest the young peopleand kindle in them a thirst for reading; consequentlyshe began the publication of T/ie Ivy^ a monthly ofeight pages, which she sent forth as a herald of light toguide and elevate our oivn
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