Anna Roselle Johnson was born on November 24, 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Her parents were Adelaide Scott Johnson and Charles Speare Johnson (a chiropodist), and she was the fifth of their seven daughters.

Johnson contracted rheumatic fever as a young child, and was unable to start school until the third grade.
At age 12, she 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.

In 1919, Johnson began studying for a Bachelor of Science in Education degree at the University of Pennsylvania, joining the sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, later serving as its fourth national president from 1929 to 1931.
During her tenure the sorority incorporated nationally.

Johnson attained her bachelor's degree in 1923, and she entered the postgraduate program in sociology the next year.
She earned her master's degree in sociology in 1925.
Anna Roselle Johnson was born on November 24, 1903 in Baltimore, Maryland. Her parents were Adelaide Scott Johnson and Charles Speare Johnson (a chiropodist), and she was the fifth of their seven daughters.
Johnson contracted rheumatic fever as a young child, and was unable to start school until the third grade. At age 12, she 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.
In 1919, Johnson began studying for a Bachelor of Science in Education degree at the University of Pennsylvania, joining the sorority, Delta Sigma Theta, later serving as its fourth national president from 1929 to 1931. During her tenure the sorority incorporated nationally.
Johnson attained her bachelor's degree in 1923, and she entered the postgraduate program in sociology the next year. She earned her master's degree in sociology in 1925.
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