Johnson, Kate Burr

Kate Ancrum Burr Johnson (1881-1968), a native of Morganton, N.C., began her public career when she became director of the Bureau of Child Welfare of the North Carolina State Board of Charities and Public Welfare (1919-1921). She was commissioner of Public Welfare of North Carolina (1921-1930) before resigning to become superintendent of the New Jersey State Home for Girls (1930-1948). In 1948 she accepted a position on the Prison Advisory Commission in North Carolina under Governor W. Kerr Scott, serving until 1953. Mrs. Johnson also participated in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, the American Association of Social Workers, the N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, the National Probation Association, and the League of Women Voters.