Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson is a native of Indianapolis, Indiana. Little is known of her exact date of birth and time of death. Soror Nannie Mae Gahn Johnson graduated from Abram C. Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis Normal School (prep school). She later received both bachelor's and master’s degrees from Butler. While a student at Butler, she married and took the surname Foster. After divorcing her first husband, she remarried, taking the name Johnson. She began her teaching career in 1923, one year after Sigma Gamma Rho’s founding. Over the years she was promoted to principal of one of the largest elementary schools in Indianapolis. She was also very involved with many clubs and organizations dedicated to community service. Her career in 1923 commenced with an assignment teaching the third grade, and it was soon proved that her choice of a profession had indeed been a wise one. As the years passed her success grew. She was chosen to be a critic teacher. Her next promotion was to an assistant principalship, and after a few years she was appointed principal of one of the largest elementary schools in Indianapolis at that time. Following a career that spanned four decades, Soror Johnson retired from the Indianapolis public schools in 1966. An active member of Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, Johnson dedicated her life to African American spirituality, intellectual development, and community service. This is especially evident in her volunteer work with Flanner House, a social service center that began serving Indianapolis’s African American community in 1903. Flanner House, like similar institutions across the country promoted nutrition, preventive medicine, job training, child care, senior citizen programs, social services, and cultural awareness. Flanner House was a Negro organization with world-wide acclaim and recognition for the development of a self-help program for low- and moderate-income families. As a member of the Flanner House Board of Directors after World War II, Soror Johnson enthusiastically reached out to members of the African American working class in an effort to promote self-help, aesthetic awareness, socioeconomic autonomy, and racial responsibility in the African American community. Soror Johnson remained a tireless organizer in Sigma Gamma Rho as well. She helped design the sorority’s official pin—which continues to be an integral part of the sorority’s history and mission. After her retirement, Soror Johnson remained active in the sorority and local community-building efforts. She had no children. Our beloved Founder entered Omega Rho in 1986. Sources Sigma Gamma Rho https://sgrho1922.org/SGRho/About_Us/Founders/SGRho/SGRho_About/Founders.aspx?hkey=0ad5bd6f-8b79-41fb-8ca0-07bbb252b4ae