Women of Science : Working Women of CMNH's Botany Hall

Dorothy E.L. Pearth, Associate Curator of Botany

Dorothy Evelyn Long Pearth grew up in Coles Summit of central Pennsylvania. In her adolescence, Pearth was described as artistic, musical, and detail oriented. She attended Felix Mahoney School of Fine and Applied Arts in Washington D.C. and graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor of Science in Botany. During this period, Pearth also studied art at night at Carnegie Mellon University. 

Dorothy Pearth began at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History during the 1940s working under Dr. Maurice Graham Netting, director of the museum. A few years later, Pearth transferred to the Botany Section as Associate Curator of Botany until her retirement in 1978. 
 

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