Born: 26 September 1859, United States
Died: 10 November 1955
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Sarah Adeline Johnson
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1859, Sept. 26 Born Sarah Adeline Johnson, near Plymouth, Ill.
1877 Diploma, School of Design, St. Louis, Mo. First and second prizes for wood carving at a Missouri state exposition competition with professional wood carvers
1878 Changed name to Adelaide Johnson
1883 Studied painting, Dresden, Germany
1884 Moved to Rome, Italy; studied under Giulio Monteverde for eleven years and established a studio in Rome that she maintained for twenty-five years, along with other studios at various periods in Carrara, Italy; London, England; New York, N.Y.; Chicago, Ill.; and Washington, D.C.
1893 Exhibited busts of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Caroline B. Winslow, Woman’s Pavilion, World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Ill.
1896 Married Alexander Frederick Jenkins (divorced 1908); he assumed the name of Johnson and was known as Mr. Johnson as well as Mr. Jenkins Johnson.
1904 As suffragist, changed allegiance from National American Woman Suffrage Association in Washington, D.C., to National Woman’s Party in New York, N.Y.
Charter member, Lyceum Club, London, England, and its American organizer
1921 Sculpture “The Woman Movement,” containing busts of Lucretia Mott, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Susan B. Anthony, presented to the nation on behalf of the National Woman’s Party and maintained in the Capitol
1936 Bust of Susan B. Anthony in “The Woman Movement” used as model for the three-cent postage stamp
1939 Faced eviction and sale of her home to pay back taxes; in frustration, mutilated many of her
sculptures; congressional intervention prevented her eviction
1955, Nov. 11 Died, Washington, D.C.