Early Life, Education, and Early Career
Johnson was born in Chicago. She graduated from the University of Chicago Laboratory School (high school) in 1953, and from Radcliffe College in 1957. She attended the University of London's Courtauld Institute in 1957 and 1958. She later moved to New Britain, Connecticut, where she lives today.
She was an active volunteer in the schools and social service agencies of her community, before serving in the Connecticut Senate from 1977 to 1983. She is married to Dr. Theodore Johnson, and has three daughters.
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