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Ethel Colwell 1888 - 1970

Ethel Colwell of Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware was born on December 23, 1888, and died at age 81 years old in November 1970.
Ethel Colwell
Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware 19977
December 23, 1888
November 1970
Female
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    1888

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    December 23, 1888
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  • 11/dd
    1970

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    November 1970
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    Ethel Colwell lived 9 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 81.
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In 1888, in the year that Ethel Colwell was born, on July 25th, a court stenographer from Salt Lake City - Frank Edward McGurrin - decisively beat the competition in a typing contest in Ohio. He was supposedly the only person who used touch typing and is believed to have invented the method. Touch typing is ubiquitous now - but Frank's win is what convinced everyone that the method was good!
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In 1902, Ethel was merely 14 years old when the first Rose Bowl game was played in Pasadena, California. Called the "Tournament East–West football game" at the time, the Michigan Wolverines (East) played the Stanford Indians (West) - the Wolverines won 49 - 0. (The Stanford captain requested an end to the game with 8 minutes remaining.) The Tournament of Roses Parade began in 1890 and the football game began as a way to boost tourism in the area.
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