At the height of 1950s America, no woman was more synonymous with success than Brownie Wise, the single mother who turned Tupperware from a failing product into a cultural phenomenon. But when a glamorous company retreat descends into chaos during a violent storm and Brownie mysteriously disappears, her carefully crafted world begins to unravel.

But how does the face of a household name vanish almost overnight? And what really led to the downfall of the so-called Tupperware Queen?

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Special thanks to Sarah Schilling for the assistance with research for today's episode.

Sources:

“How Tupperware works: The history of Tupperware.” (n.d.). HowStuffWorks. https://people.howstuffworks.com/tupperware2.htm

National Women’s History Museum. (n.d.). Brownie Wise. https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/brownie-wise

NPR. (2024). Planet Money: How Tupperware took over our homes (with Decoder Ring). https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1238535892

PBS. (n.d.). Brownie Wise. American Experience. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperware-wise/

Schmidt, S. (n.d.). #20: Tupperware’s Brownie Wise – Erasing history? Medium. https://silkeschmidt-32637.medium.com/20-tupperwares-brownie-wise-erasing-history-d7e237898ceb

Smithsonian Magazine. (n.d.). The story of Brownie Wise, the ingenious marketer behind the Tupperware party. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/story-brownie-wise-ingenious-marketer-behind-tupperware-party-180968658/