What did Anna Johnson Julian do?

Anna Johnson Julian was an African-American sociologist and civic activist.

Anna Johnson Julian was born on November 24, 1903 to in Baltimore, Maryland to Adelaide Scott Johnson and Charles Speare Johnson.

Anna Johnson Julian contracted rheumatic fever when she was young and as a result, started school in 3rd grade.

Aged 12, Anna Johnson Julian moved to Philadelphia to live with her aunt and uncle so she could attend a racially integrated high school with higher academic standards than available in her home town, West Philadelphia High School.

Anna Johnson Julian attained her Bachelors’ Degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1923 and entered the postgraduate program in sociology the next year.

Anna Johnson Julian earned her master’s degree in sociology in 1925.

In 1931, Anna Johnson Julian enrolled in graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, continuing to work in DC as she pursued further study, attending classes in Philadelphia, where she was awarded a Bloomfield Moore Fellowship, a fellowship for women planning to become teachers to undertake research.

What did Anna Johnson Julian do?

Anna Johnson Julian was the first African-American woman awarded a PhD in sociology by the University of Pennsylvania (1937), a civic activist, and fourth national president of Delta Sigma Theta, a historically black sorority.

Anna Johnson Julian died on July 3, 1994.