A Woman to Know: Mildred Wirt Benson

Now that kind of woman is common, but then it was a new concept, though not to me. I just naturally thought that girls could do the things boys did. — Mildred

(Photo from University of Iowa Archives)
The lady behind Nancy Drew! And Penny Nichols! And Flash Evans! And the Boy Scout Mystery Series! Not that you'd know it from her name.

Mildred worked as…