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offers insights into U.S. history: our economy after World War II, the plastics industry, direct selling and business history, women in society and the workplace, the rise of American consumerism, the American Dream, and more. Meet people who built their lives around Tupperware. Learn how a new billiard ball launched the plastics industry. See the "invention notebooks" of Earl Tupper, who grew up dirt poor and dreamed of becoming a millionaire. (WGBH, National Endowment for the Humanities)
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In 1954, Brownie Wise inaugurated the Tupperware Homecoming Jubilee. Hundreds of Tupperware dealers from across the country came to the company's Kissimmee, Florida, headquarters for classes and motivational events. Wise gave each year's gathering a theme, with high spectacle and outrageous competitions—often for glamorous prizes. |
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