Education
Brown graduated from University of Michigan in 1901 where she studied botany.
Brown graduated from University of Michigan in 1901 where she studied botany.
Much of her research focused on plant pathology. They also identified methods of mitigation. After teaching science in Michigan and Florida high schools for 5 years, Brown became a scientific investigator in Plant Pathology at the United States. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Plant Industry from 1906–1910.
Brown was appointed assistant plant pathologist from 1910 to 1925 and appeared as the second author of two major studies on crown-galls in plants conducted by Erwin Frink Smith in 1911 and 1912.
From 1915 to 1918 she began studying bacterial diseases in lettuce, and eventually published research under her own name. In 1924 she investigated apple stem-tumor, which she differentiated from crown-Gallery
In the mid-twenties, Brown was promoted to associate pathologist, a position she would hold until her retirement in 1941.
While doing post-graduate work at University of California, Brown became a member of the Torrey Botanical Club.