14th Scripps National Spelling Bee

14th National Spelling Bee
Date May 31, 1938
Location National Museum in Washington, D.C.
Winner Marian Richardson
Age 12
Residence Floyd County, Indiana
Sponsor The Louisville Times
Sponsor location Louisville, Kentucky
Winning word sanitarium
No. of contestants 22
Preceded by 13th Scripps National Spelling Bee
Followed by 15th Scripps National Spelling Bee

The 14th National Spelling Bee was held at the National Museum in Washington, D.C. on May 31, 1938.[1]

The winner was 12-year-old Marian Richardson, who attended a one-room schoolhouse in Floyd County, Indiana, correctly spelling the word sanitarium. Jean Pierce of Kenmore, New York placed second after failing to correctly spell pronunciation.[2][3]

Winner Marian Richardson, later Byrnes, became an environmental activist in Chicago, and died in 2010.[4]

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