Cora Agnes Benneson (1851–1919) was an American attorney, lecturer, and writer. She graduated from the University of Michigan, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1878, a Bachelor of Laws in 1880, and a Master of Arts in 1883, and was licensed to practice law in Illinois and Michigan.

From 1883 to 1885, she traveled the world to learn about legal cultures

and how they affected women. When she returned to the United States, she undertook a nationwide lecture tour to speak about her travels and observations. In 1886 Benneson briefly worked as an editor of West Publishing's law reports before taking up a history fellowship at Bryn Mawr College under then-professor Woodrow Wilson. In 1888 she moved to Boston, where she continued to write and lecture. She was licensed in Massachusetts in 1894 and opened a law practice. She was made a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1899 and elected secretary of its Social and Economic Science Section in 1900.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1862:

The garrotting and robbery of James Pilkington, a British member of Parliament, led to a moral panic in London. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_garrotting_panics

1918:

Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II and his family were murdered by Bolsheviks at Yekaterinburg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Romanov_family

1944:

Laden with munitions for World War II, two ships exploded at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California, killing 320 people and injuring more than 400 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Chicago_disaster

2014:

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over eastern Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17

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on a mission: Actively and determinedly engaged on a task. [...] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/on_a_mission

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Wait, thou child of hope, for Time shall teach thee all things.   --Martin Farquhar Tupper https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Farquhar_Tupper