Genoveva Dawson (January 23, 1918 – August 21, 2012) was an Argentine botanist, curator, teacher, and explorer.

Genoveva (Geneviève) "Kewpie" Dawson de Teruggi was born January 23, 1918.

She developed her academic activities at the Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo, National University of La Plata.

[3] Dawson is part of a group of talented disciples of the botanist Ángel Lulio Cabrera, among them: María Cristina Orsi, Otto Thomas Solbrig, Elsa Matilde Zardini, Jorge Morello, Humberto A. Fabris, Delia Abbiatti, Maevia Noemí Correa, Delia Añón Suárez, Amelia Torres, Aída Pontiroli, Jorge Crisci, Roberto Kiesling and Fernando Zuloaga.

Of these, Diana Teruggi de Mariani (December 3, 1950, La Plata - November 24, 1976) was executed by military forces,[5] and Diana's baby, Clara Anahí Mariani (born August 12, 1976, La Plata), was kidnapped and deprived of her identity.