Annetta Mary Carter

Annetta Mary Carter (June 28, 1907 – May 8, 1991) was an American botanist.

Early life Carter was born on June 28, 1907, in Sierra Madre, California. Her interest in botany was encouraged and supported by her botany teacher at Pasadena High School.

Education and career In 1928, Carter enrolled in the Botany program at the University of California, Berkeley. She graduated in 1930 with her A.B. in Botany. Her graduating class consisted on 7 women, including Mary L. Bowerman. Carter went on to pursue her master's degree with a focus in the morphology of floating liverwort. Her studies during the program were supervised by William Albert Setchell.

She joined the Society of Woman Geographers in 1974 and was co-chair of the San Francisco Bay Area chapter from 1978 to 1984. She gave a speech on "Plants and man in the Sierra de la Giganta" at the 1984 triennial meeting in Washington, D.C.

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