Margaret Fisher Hertel

Margaret ("Peggy") Fisher Hertel, was an American author, editor and community activist. The daughter of American Presbyterian missionaries in Iran, Mrs. Hertel had a deep knowledge of the divisions that continue to roil the Middle East; she fought for inter-religious and inter-racial tolerance at home and abroad. Born in Hamadan, Iran, the daughter of Commodore and Franke Fisher, Mrs. Hertel lived in that country until she was 16 years old, returning to attend the Northfield School for Girls in Massachusetts …