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Person
Authorized form of name
Peterson, Margaret, 1902-1997
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Description area
Dates of existence
1902-1997
History
Margaret Peterson was born in Seattle, Washington. She obtained a B.A. in 1926 and an M.A. in 1931 from the University of California at Berkeley, and joined the Fine Arts Faculty at Berkeley in 1928. She married Howard O'Hagan in 1937, and first moved to Victoria, B.C., in 1956. Her prizewinning art has been exhibited throughout North America.