Erwin de Vries, the Surinam sculptor in Paramaribo, made a bronze bust commissioned by the National Women's Movement, de Nationale Vrouwen Beweging (NVB) for the commemoration of the poet's one hundredth birthday.

In 1963 Johanna published her first poetry book called Tide ete (Done Today/ Vandaag nog).

"[6] In 2010 a reprint was published to commemorate her one hundredth birthday with translations by D. France Oliveira.

One of Schouten-Elsenhout's most famous poem is Uma (Woman) of which the first lines are: Noti no hei so Lek’ a sten D’ e bari In’ dyugudyugu f’ a dei (Uma/Woman) "Nothing is so glorious/ As a voice/ That calls out/ In the chaos of a day."

According to Oerdigitaalvrouwenblad, a Dutch literary publication (Feminist, anti-racist), Hillary Clinton read this poem in 1999 at the UNESCO Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands.