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Tell Me Why contest winner and science notes
The page announces Tell Me Why winners Jo Sahaj and Merrilee Whitney with ages and hometowns. It includes a science explainer on vanilla from orchid vines native to Mexico grown in tropical regions, its processing into extract, and uses in foods and perfumes. Also a short riddle activity and a speech by Mrs. Paul Douglas urging sustained intellectual interest for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jo Sahaj
Norfolk
Virginia
Herman Cortes
Mexico
Montezuma
Cortes
Europe
Madagascar
West Indies
Java
Merrilee Whitney
Phelps
N. Y