Nancy Drew: Iowa's Heroine to the World

Name: Nancy Drew: Iowa's Heroine to the World
Start: 2024-09-19T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-09-19T18:30:00-05:00
Location: 304 N Franklin St, Manchester, IA, United States, Iowa 52057

Schedule

Thu Sep 19 2024 at 05:30 pm to 06:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

304 N Franklin St, Manchester, IA, United States, Iowa 52057 | Manchester, IA

Nancy Drew is the most popular female detective in fiction. Few know, however, that Nancy is an Iowa heroine and that her creator was Mildred Augustine Benson of Ladora. An academic pioneer (the first woman to earn a master’s degree from the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism), Benson earned six airplane pilots’ licenses, including one for sea-planing, wrote 130 stories for young people, and wrote her newspaper column, “On the Go,” until her death at age 98. Learn more about Drew and Benson in this engaging presentation by fellow Iowan author and retired professor Barbara Lounsberry. Lounsberry will also have a Nancy Drew exhibit of books and memorabilia she has collected over the years. This program is made possible by Humanities Iowa and the State Historical Society.