Katharine Hepburn

By Evie

Katharine Hepburn was a famous actress. You might have seen some of her movies, but would you like to know who she is, exactly? Maybe where she came from? If she had any siblings? Her most famous movie? Is there more to her story than “that really good actress”?

Katharine Hepburn was a 1940’s actress. She won eight Academy Awards, and four Oscars! So now that you have a bit of background knowledge, let’s move onto her classic style.

Katharine Hepburn often wore wide-legged trousers, polos, and sometimes heels. She absolutely despised dresses and skirts. She preferred comfort over style. Once, she was getting interviewed by Barbara Walters, who asked, “Do you ever wear a skirt, by the way?” and Katharine Hepburn replied, “I have one. I’ll wear it to your funeral.”, with an astounded reaction from Barbara.

Now we’ll learn about her life and death. She was born on May 12th, 1907. She grew up in Connecticut and spent a good portion of her life there. One of her quotes was, “I... looked as if, and I was, hard to get... never had any intention of getting married, wanted to paddle my own canoe.” She died in 2003, at age 96.

Let’s learn a bit about her family now. She was the second of six children, becoming first when her older brother died of an apparent suicide at age 15. No one knew why. After that, Katharine used his birthday, November 8, instead of her own, May 12, for many years. She was close to her family her whole life.

I really hope that you learned something from me. I think that Katharine Hepburn was an amazing and impressive person! Her outfit, when she refused to be ‘ladylike’, her stubbornness to do and wear what she liked, and her attitude. She was truly a fantastic person.


sources:
conneticuthistory.org People Who Shaped the Century Wikipedia
Parisiangentleman.com vintagefashionguild.org

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