Cora Wilson Stewart Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Most notable female advocate for adult literacy | Cora Wilson Stewart |
God-given destiny | Empower those adults who can't read |
Location of birthplace, 1875 | Farmers, Kentucky |
Where her teacher training began | Morehead Normal School |
Name of the grassroots movement for adults to attend | Moonlight Schools |
What year the school opened | 1911 |
How many original attendees | 1200 |
Materials used to teach reading | Rowan County Messenger, newspaper |
Graduation requirement | To write a letter and read the first lesson |
The age she became Superintendent of Schools | 26 years old |
President of what local educational association | Kentucky Educational Association |
Book series that highlighted student's letters | Country Life Readers, First book 1915 |
Selective Service findings during WW1 on the number military soldiers that couldn't read | 30,000 men |
The name of the book to teach illiterate military recruits | The Soldiers First Book |
Delegate to which National Convention | Democratic National Convention, 1920 |
Who elected her to chair the national Advisory Committee on Illiteracy | Pres. Herbert Hoover |
Estimated number of illiterate Americans today | 32 million |
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