Birth Name: Mildred Wirt Benson
Occupation: Children’s Author
Place Of Birth: Iowa
Date Of Birth: July 10, 1905
Date Of Death: May 28, 2002
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Mildred Wirt Benson was born on the 10th of July, 1905. She was known for being a Children’s Author. Children’s author known for her work on the early Nancy Drew books. Writing under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, she penned twenty-three Nancy Drew mysteries during the late 1920s, ’30s, and ’40s.
Mildred Wirt Benson was born in Iowa. She studied English and journalism at the University of Iowa and subsequently began a six-decade-long career as a columnist for the Toledo Blade. Under her own name, she wrote the popular Penny Parker series, which consisted of eighteen books published between 1939 and 1948.
Mildred Wirt Benson was a Cancer and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Mildred Wirt Benson was born in 1900s. Discover what happened on this day.
Mildred Wirt Benson is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
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Mildred Wirt Benson was born in the Year of the Serpent.
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| REAL NAME: | Mildred Wirt Benson |
| NICKNAME: | Mildred |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Cancer |
| BIRTH DAY: | Monday |
| DEATH DAY: | Tuesday |
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Zodiac Sign: Mildred Wirt Benson was a Cancer. People of this zodiac sign like home-based hobbies, relaxing near or in water, helping loved ones, and dislike strangers, revealing of personal life. The strengths of this sign are being loyal, emotional, sympathetic, tenacious, persuasive, while weaknesses can be moody, pessimistic, suspicious, manipulative and insecure. The greatest overall compatibility with Cancer is Capricorn and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Mildred Wirt Benson was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are often seen as humorous and gifted in literature and art. However, the snake can be overly suspicious, which makes them a bit paranoid.
Ruling Planet: Mildred Wirt Benson had a ruling planet of Moon and has a ruling planet of Moon and by astrological associations Sunday is ruled by moon. The Moon represents one's nurturing and emotional instinct. People who are born with Moon as the ruling planet are sensitive, nurturing, and usually have fluctuating moods.
Mildred Wirt Benson’s birth sign is Cancer and she had a ruling planet of Moon.
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