Editing Mildred Benson (section)

==Early life==
Mildred Benson was born Mildred Augustine on July 10, 1905, in [[Ladora, Iowa]], to Lillian and Dr. J. L. Augustine.<ref name="USA">{{cite web |url= https://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2002/2002-05-29-nancy-drew-author-obit.htm |title= Nancy Drew's first author dies |date= May 29, 2002 |work=USA Today |publisher= [[Gannett Company|Gannett Company Inc.]] |location= Toledo, Ohio |access-date= May 16, 2012}}</ref> Benson earned her degree in English from the [[University of Iowa]] in 1925 in just three years. She later returned to the university, and in 1927, became the first student there to earn a master's degree in journalism.<ref name="USA" /><ref name="Martin">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/30/books/mildred-benson-is-dead-at-96-wrote-23-nancy-drew-books.html|title=Mildred Benson Is Dead at 96; Wrote 23 Nancy Drew Books|last=Martin|first=Douglas|date=May 30, 2002|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=April 14, 2016}}</ref>