Background
O'Mara, Peggy Noreen was born on May 14, 1947 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Oliver Edward and Ruth Helen (Slater) O'Mara.
O'Mara, Peggy Noreen was born on May 14, 1947 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Oliver Edward and Ruth Helen (Slater) O'Mara.
Bachelor of Science, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1970.
High School teacher Alamogordo High School, New Mexico, 1971—1972. Teacher, special education Zia School, Alamogordo, 1972—1973. Master of Business Administration coordinator University Utah, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 1973.
Free-lance writer, 1973—1977. Associate editor Mothering Magazine, Albuquerque, 1978—1980, editor & public Santa Fe, since 1980. Leader La Leche League, Franklin Park, Illinois, 1975—1982.
(Book by Mothering Magazine, Pedersen, Anne, O'Mara, Peggy)
Board directors Midwifery Training Institute, Albuquerque, 1983—1986, New Mexico State Midwifery Advisory Board, Santa Fe, 1984—1989. Member of New Mexico Press Association, New Mexico Press Women (first place award 1984), National Association Safe Alternatives in Birth, National Federation Press Women (first place award 1984), International Childbirth Education Association, Midwives Alliance North America.
Married John William McMahon, May 27, 1973 (divorced August 1989). Children: Lally, Finnie, Bram, Nora.