Background
She was born in Christchurch, North Canterbury, New Zealand in 1915.
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Dorothy White
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In 1933 Dorothy became a library assistant at the Canterbury Public Library. In 1936 Dorothy became Children"s Librarian at the Dunedin Public Libraries. She later worked there again from 1957 as head of children"s services until her retirement in 1974.
When in 1939 Dorothy married a noted Dunedin second-hand-book seller, Richard (Dick) Desmond White, she continued to work under her maiden name as the City Council required women to resign on marriage.
The Dorothy Neal White Collection, held by the National Library of New Zealand contains over 8,000 titles of pre-1940s children"s literature.
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New Zealand