Background
Electa Johnson was born on August 17, 1909, in Rochester, New York, United States.
Northampton, MA 01063, United States
Electa Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in 1929.
Electa Johnson and her husband Irving Johnson working and traveling together.
Berkeley, CA, United States
Johnson attended the University of California at Berkeley for a year.
Electa Johnson was born on August 17, 1909, in Rochester, New York, United States.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Smith College in 1929, Johnson attended the University of California at Berkeley for a year.
A sailing voyage from France, during which she fell in love with her future husband, resulted in lifelong love and obsession with sailing. Except for the years of World War II, the Johnsons spent a huge part of their lives exploring their world on various sailing vessels - which they always named Yankee - and made a number of discoveries, including three uncharted islands as well as the anchor and other artifacts from the H.M.S. Bounty. They also enjoyed sharing their sailing knowledge with young people, such as the Girl Scout Mariners, the at-risk youths charity known as the TopSail program, and, of course, their own children. Johnsons published several books about their travels, including Westward Bound in the Schooner Yankee, Yankee's Wonder World, and Yankee Sails the Nile. They also contributed regularly to National Geographic magazine. In 2002 the Los Angeles Maritime Institute named two brigantines after the Johnsons.
(Irving Johnson and his wife write about their experiences...)
1962In 1932 Electa married Irving Johnson.