 In an age when girls did not usually go on to higher education, her father made sure his daughters received the same education available to boys.Benerito completed high school at age 14 and entered Sophie Newcomb College, the women's college at Tulane University, at age 15 where she earned a degree in chemistry, as well as physics and math.She graduated in 1935 and moved to Bryn Mawr College to complete one year of graduate studies.