After gaining an encore at her first performance, Johnson was well on her way in taking a place amongst a community of New Women. They were seen to puzzle and disturb their contemporaries, while advancing the frontiers of activity deemed respectable for women of that time. Despite her connections to Mohawk and other Indigenous communities, Johnson was a partially European woman who understood Anglo-Imperial values; she blended those amongst her bohemian aspirations to advance her career and make an adequate living as an artist. Johnson presents a striking example of the turn-of-the-century New Woman in her successful forging of an independent literary and performing career.