Brownie Wise

By Evie

Have you ever used those handy plastic containers, like the Tupperware ones that you put your lunch, snack, or whatever you want in? Today, I will be telling you about the fantastic saleswoman Brownie Wise. As you might be wondering, what does she have anything to do with those containers? Well, I guess you’re about to find out!

Brownie Wise was born on May 25, 1913. Her parents named her Brownie May Humphrey, but she later got married and took her husband’s last name. Brownie Wise had a rough life at first. Her parents divorced when she was two, and her mother took care of her. When she was an adult she married, but her husband was quite violent, usually drunk, and an awful person, so after having one child, she divorced. Brownie worked at Stanley Home Products, and eventually, she wanted to work as an executive for the company. But when she asked, the founder of the company, Frank Beveridge told her not to “waste her time”, so she left. Her exceptional skills caught the attention of Earl Tupper, who invited her to work for his company, Tupperware.

Brownie would often have “Tupperware parties”, which were the only places you could buy Tupperware, and if you bought it, you might feel like it’s a little bit special, because you got a very likeable and popular product at the only place you could. At these parties, Brownie would often fill a Tupperware container with ridiculously messy soup, tightly close the container... and throw it at one of the splendidly dressed ladies, though it was usually the hostess, but the container never spilled, so Brownie’s trick never failed, and purchases were always successful. From then on, Brownie had a long, lovely, and luxurious life... and then one day, she was randomly fired, so she tried to start her own company, Cinderella International, but it was unsuccessful and shut down a year later. then died after a long illness September 24th, 1992, in Kissimmee, Florida.

I think she was an inspirational, positive, hard-working, clever lady who had a great life, at least up until she was fired, but still! Even after everything she had gone through, she still fought hard to have a good business and keep working hard! (Plus, now you know what she has to do with Tupperware).

Sources


Wikipedia, Jodi Delaney,  https://www.shreveporttimes.com detroithistorical.org