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Name	Peto, Florence
Othernames	nee Cowdin
Born	1881
Birthplace	Brooklyn, New York
Places of residence	New York, New Jersey
Titles & honors	TQHF Honoree 1980
Father	Jasper Cowdin
Mother	Ella Cowdin
Notes	For more information on this honoree, go to: https://quiltershalloffame.net/florence-peto/
Occupation	writer for American Home, McCall's Needlework and Crafts, Hobbies and Antiques, 1930 - 1960; quialt kit designer for Paragon
Publications	Historic Quilts, 1939; American Quilts and Coverlets; 1949' Women Were Not Expected: An Informal Story of the Nurses of Second General Hospital in the ETO, 1947
Role	Writer
Spouse	married Joseph Peto in 1900
Children	Son, John Daughter, Marjorie

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