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Dr. Petersen, of Selma, comes from a family wherein learning and character always have been valued highly. Her father, Jens Peter Petersen, was born in Denmark, became a teacher and was prominent among the educators of Denmark, but since coming to America he has turned to agriculture and has made good also in that field. He resided and farmed in Colorado and came to Fresno County in 1909; and so well has he prospered here, that he now owns a ranch near Selma. Her mother, who was Manna Trina Andersen before her marriage, and is a native of Denmark, is also resident here. Five sons and four daughters were born to this hardy couple. Two of the youngest sons were in the army in France, and three are ranching in Colorado. Besides Dr. Dagmar Petersen, Dorothea is a trained nurse and was a Red Cross nurse in France for one year, and has just returned to Selma. Mary, who is a graduate of the Colorado State Normal and the University of California, is a teacher at the Salinas High School; and Agnes is a teacher in the high school at Grass Valley, where, as a graduate of the art department of the University of Southern California, she has been chosen to supervise the drawing.

Born at Hornsburg, near Akron, Colo., Miss Dagmar attended the public grammar and high schools in that state, and first came to California in 1907. Soon after her arrival, she matriculated in the branch department of the Medical School of the University of California at Los Angeles — now devoted exclusively to postgraduate work in connection with the State University; and after taking the regular four-year course, she was graduated with the Class of 1911. She then went to San Francisco to acquire practical experience and became an interne at the Children's Hospital, ably filling that responsible, if subordinate position during the winter of 1911-12.

Ready to start entirely on her own responsibility. Dr. Petersen began general practice at Patterson in Stanislaus County, and for a year she was with Dr. Hammer. Later, for a year and a half, she practiced at Arbuckle, Cal., and in April, 1915, she took the step, of such importance to Selma as well as to herself, and moved her office to Selma.

Naturally endowed with unusual gifts for her difficult work, and blessed with a personality which inspires confidence, Dr. Petersen is building up a lucrative practice and a large clientele. Her offices are located in the Dusaw Building, Rooms 9 and 10. She is particularly adept in the diagnosis and treatment of children's and women's diseases; and as there never was a time when the specialist in these fields was more in demand, a career of useful service seems assured to this highly accomplished young woman.