Gertrude I. Johnson

Gertrude Irene Johnson was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania in 1876.

[2] After receiving a master's degree in 1897, Johnson taught in public schools, then worked in a bank for five years, before returning to teaching at Bryant and Stratton Business School in Providence, Rhode Island (now Bryant University).

[2] It has grown into the present-day Johnson & Wales University, with two campuses in the United States.

With Mary in poor health, the two women sold the business school in June 1947[2] and retired together in Warwick, Rhode Island.

[2] After Mary's death, Gertrude returned to her hometown of Norristown, Pennsylvania and died there in 1961.