Found in the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa: this picture of Mildred Wirt Benson (author of the first Nancy Drew books) swan diving into the Iowa River in Iowa City. We discovered this picture while researching for the City of Lit mobile project. See more images here.
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Found in the Iowa Women’s Archives at the University of Iowa: this picture of Mildred Wirt Benson (author of the first Nancy Drew books) swan diving into the Iowa River in Iowa City.

We discovered this picture while researching for the City of Lit mobile project. See more images here.

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    I love this woman for creating nancy drew.
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    This—this—is exactly who should have written Nancy Drew.
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    Iowa ftw
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