Pizza Parties, Repeat Spellers and a Little "Schwarmerei": Get to Know the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Scripps Company taking ownership in 1941.● Eleven-year-old Frank Neuhauser, from Louisville, Kentucky, won the first Spelling Bee with the word "gladiolus."● In 1926, Pauline Bell became the first female Spelling Bee champion; winning with the word "cerise."● Because of the nation's involvement in World War II, there were no Spelling Bee winners in 1943, 1944, or 1945.●[...]