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- | **Deborah Benson** (31 May 1924 - 26 February 2002), also known by her married name of Deborah Benson Covington. She traded under the name of Deborah Benson, Bookseller. (See for instance this profile of her in the Hartford //Courant// of 13 December 1984.) Birth date and death date taken from the Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2012. | + | **Deborah Benson** (31 May 1924 - 26 February 2002), also known by her married name of Deborah Benson Covington. She traded under the name of Deborah Benson, Bookseller. (For a fairly detailed summary of her business and her career, see for instance |
Born Deborah Abramson. Per her profile in the //Courant// she changed her surname from Abramson to Benson when she turned 21 "as a gift to her father, who had always wanted a son." She was daughter of bookseller [[Ben Abramson]] of the [[Argus Book Shop]] of Chicago and New York (and briefly of Mohegan Lake); see [[https:// | Born Deborah Abramson. Per her profile in the //Courant// she changed her surname from Abramson to Benson when she turned 21 "as a gift to her father, who had always wanted a son." She was daughter of bookseller [[Ben Abramson]] of the [[Argus Book Shop]] of Chicago and New York (and briefly of Mohegan Lake); see [[https:// |