Henrietta R. Johnson

Henrietta Richardson Johnson (July 24, 1914 – October 21, 1997) was an American nurse and the first African American woman to serve in the Delaware General Assembly. Elected in 1970 to the Delaware House of Representatives, she was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in 1998. Johnson worked as a registered nurse for over 20 years. Elected as a Democrat in 1970, she served four two-year terms in the Delaware House of Representatives representing Wilmington's 3rd District. She lost the Democratic primary election in 1978 to Herman M. Holloway Jr., son of Black state senator Herman Holloway, who went on to serve four terms in the House.

Johnson championed the Southbridge Medical Activity Center in Wilmington, Delaware. The first privately funded community health center for low-income patients in Delaware, the facility was renamed the Henrietta R. Johnson Community Center in her honor in 1980. It was renamed to the Henrietta R. Johnson Medical Center ten years later She was inducted into the Hall of Fame of Delaware Women in 1998.