Charles Bennett, a relative of Mary Buckley, was for many years secretary of state of Rhode Island.

William Cushing, who carried out the dangerous exploit involved in sinking the Confederate Ironclad Albemarle.

Cushing's mother was born at Staunton, Virginia, and as a child, she witnessed Sheridan's raid up the Shenandoah Valley.

[1] Cushing's first memories are of the family home when it was on Moss Avenue, then considered a part of the country.

[1] In 1908, she entered the University of California, Berkeley, remaining until 1910, when she received a Junior Certificate with honorable mention.

The trustees of the library gave her permission to attend law classes at the university during the morning provided she found a substitute.

Her brother was able to help her out, and thus in the fall of 1915, she reentered college, completing first a year of academic work and then entering the UC Berkeley School of Law.

was a delegate to the second national convention of this organization held in Washington, D.C.[5] She was a charter member of the Soroptimist Club of Alameda County of which she was elected its president[5] in December 1925, and later became acting president; charter member of the Business and Professional Women's Club of Oakland, of which she was parliamentarian; member of the Oakland Forum and on its legislative committee; on the legislative committee of the League of Woman Voters of California.