Mary Ann Johnson

Co-Founder, President Emerita

Mary Ann has been involved in the organization since it’s founding. She is the former director of the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum at the University of Illinois at Chicago where, for many years, she was responsible for the administration and educational programs of this national historic site. She is an associate editor of Women Building Chicago 1790 – 1990, A Biographical Dictionary and editor of The Many Faces of Hull-House, the Photographs of Wallace Kirkland. A native Chicagoan she has directed numerous public history projects in the city with a focus on women’s and neighborhood history.    

Serves on Program & Events, and Research & Scholarship Working Groups.