Dorothy E. Watt ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: L2GD-WR1.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1920 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁴ The 1920 census recorded Dorothy E. Watt, 4 years and 2 months old when the census was recorded on 14 Jan 1920, living in the Protestant Orphan Asylum of Pittsburgh with her brother, James W. Watt, 7. They and their father were born in Pennsylvania and their mother in Germany.

2. Census in 1940 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, PA. ⁵ The 1940 census recorded Helen Watt, 51, widowed, living with son Charles, stenographer clerk for railroad, single, 32; and daughter Dorothy, typist for state of Pennsylvania, 25, single. Helen was born in Austria and her children in Pennsylvania.

3. Census in 1950 in Allegheny City, Allegheny, PA. ⁶ The 1950 census recorded Dorothy Watt, clerk in public assistance, 33, never married, living in the home of her brother Charles Watt, railroad clerk, 42, never married, and their mother, Helen, 60, widowed. Helen was born in Germany and her children in Pennsylvania.

4. Newspaper: Pittsburgh Press: Social Workers State Their Case, 16 Mar 1969, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA. ⁷ (photo of Mrs. Dorothy Beecher. Caption" Calls pay "ridiculous")
They say they have a case. And they don't mind stating It. The social case workers and clerk typists of the State Dept. of Public Welfare (DPW) shivered in the sharp wind as they pounded the pavement on the Liberty Ave. side of the State Office Bldg., Downtown. Taking brief breaks, the DPW employes told why many were "on the picket line, carrying our own scrawled signs, and saying our piece" for the first time. "I never dreamed I'd ever be on a line like this," said Mrs. Dorothy Beecher, 53, of 3245 Beechwood Blvd., Squirrel Hill. After 30 years of service in all clerical functions for the DPW, she has "worked her way up to a co-ordinator of clerical services to field and administrative staffs and I get only $7000." No Comparison Compared to what she could get in a similar position with private industry, she says it's "ridiculous." "And the starting pay for a clerk-typist is unbelievable . . . imagine, $3742 to make ends meet these days," she sighed. Phyllis Newmark, 30, of Oakland, a social case worker, said that's the reason she has "joined the line." The case workers are going to bat for the clerical staff. After a recent raise, Miss Newmark is getting $7500. She said the starting pay now is "not too bad" - about $7300 for a social case worker but the "increments are not adequate at all," She, like other DPW employes, works 37 1/2 hours a week. Fringe benefits include a contributory pension plan, partial payment of hospitalization, 50 per cent of group life insurance, 15 days vacation, 15 days sick leave, and workmen's compensation.

Dorothy married John James Beecher, son of Walter Bryan Beecher and Caroline McAleese. (John James Beecher was born on 24 Aug 1899 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA,^{8 9 10 11 12 13} died on 15 Jan 1980 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, PA ^{1 10 13} and was buried on 18 Jan 1980 in Pleasant Hills: Jefferson Memorial Park, Allegheny, PA ^{1 13}.)