Background
Johnson, Edna DeCoursey was born on June 1, 1922 in Baltimore. Daughter of Jacob Garfield and Rosa Felicia (Wilson) DeCoursey.
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Johnson, Edna DeCoursey was born on June 1, 1922 in Baltimore. Daughter of Jacob Garfield and Rosa Felicia (Wilson) DeCoursey.
Bachelor of Science, Coppin State College, 1944. Postgraduate, Rutgers University, 1956. Postgraduate, Johns Hopkins, University, 1952.
Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1966.
Teacher public schools, Baltimore, 1944—1963. Associate director Family Life Project, Baltimore Urban League, 1963—1965. Project director consumer protection program Community Action Agency, 1965—1968.
Director consumer services, 1968—1978. Executive director Northwest Baltimore Corporation, 1978—1979. Program planner Maryland Food Bank, 1979—1982.
Administrative assistant to national president National Association Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Washington, 1983—1984. Faculty University Dayton, 1967. Consumer advisor American Egg Board, since 1979.
Board directors National Consumer Coalition. Treasurer Maryland Council Family Relations, 1970—1979.
Member Commission on Status Women, 1968—1978, National Consumer Advisory Council, 1979—1987. Member of Pi Beta Sigma, Zeta Phi Beta, Coppin State College Alumni Association, Citizens Housing and Planning Association, Maryland Conference Social Welfare, American Council Consumer Interest, National Association Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs.
Married Laurence Harry Johnson, September 30, 1956.