Education
She attended Baylor College for Women and began studying journalism.
She attended Baylor College for Women and began studying journalism.
Born Frances Guion Griffis in Wolfe City, Texas on 11 April 11, 1900, she was raised in Greenville, Texas. She died at the age of 89 on June 12, 1989. There she was offered an associate professorship and earned her Doctor of Philosophy in History.
Because so few women were active historians at the time, Johnson"s first mention in the American Historical Review referred to her as "he".
She published several studies of the ante-bellum South, delving into race relations, religion, freed slaves, women"s life, and other aspects which had previously been only lightly treated. Her award-winning book Ante-Bellum North Carolina: A Social History is still considered an important resource.
She became heavily involved in women"s organizations and issues after the end of the Second World War, when opportunities for women again became limited.