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During Mildred's time at the University of Iowa, she stayed in Currier Residence Hall. Today, Currier Hall is the home of the Undergraduate Writing Floors -- a specified place for undergraduate writers to reside together as a community.

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During Mildred's time in Iowa City, Halsey Hall was the women's gymnasium, where Mildred participated in her athletic activities. In her article 'Our Sardines', Benson writes about how the women's pool, then located in Halsey Hall, did not accommodate the popularity and success of women's swimming. She wrote that if they cannot have adequate practice space, "they should at least be praised for the progress made in spite of handicap".

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This image from the Iowa Women's Archives at the University of Iowa shows Mildred Wirt Benson swan-diving into the Iowa River in Iowa City. The back of the photo reads "Mildred Augustine Benson diving into Iowa River at Iowa City, Iowa in mid-1920's."

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This is Mildred Benson's plaque on the Iowa Avenue Literary Walk. It is located in front of the Blue Moose Taphouse and it reads "I'm afraid there's more to this than appears on the surface."

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