Emma Elizabeth Johnson

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Emma Elizabeth Johnson (née Strawn; 1863–1927) was an American educator who served as president of Johnson Bible College (now Johnson University), in Knoxville, Tennessee, from 1925 until her death. She was one of the first American women to serve as president of a co-educational university. Johnson was born in Ontario, Canada. In 1884, she married Ashley S. Johnson, an evangelical minister from Tennessee. They moved to South Carolina after their marriage, where they engaged in church planting a