Teddy Roosevelt Tried To Change How We Spell Words (Cool Weird Awesome 1145)

Today in 1906 a vote in Congress put an end to one of President Theodore Roosevelt’s top priorities: simplifying the way we spell words. Or, as he would have preferred, spel wurds.

By |2023-12-12T11:05:18-05:00December 12, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , , , |
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Marie C. Bolden, A Black Teen In Cleveland, Helped Win A National Spelling Title In 1908 (Cool Weird Awesome 1037)

Today in 1908, a team of students from Cleveland won a spelling title at the annual meeting of the National Education Association, thanks in part to a Black 14 year old named Marie C. Bolden.

By |2024-06-29T08:24:16-04:00June 29, 2023|Categories: Cool Weird Awesome, Podcasts|Tags: , , , , |
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