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Anna Brooks
I am thrilled that we our doing the microwave for our documentary topic because it, like a lot of inventions we have discussed in class, is such a common piece of technology today that I forget about the point in time where it changed everything. As a student-athlete, I am always on the go. Most of my meals are quick and need to be made ready in the midst of the chaos that is my schedule. As a result, I use the microwave constantly and in this project I think I will develop a greater appreciation for its creation. I am also curious to learn about its antecedents and the different styles and trials of the microwave that took place before the form of the microwave we use today. I am excited to see our documentary play out, because I think we could do a lot of comical things with it.
I found the quote “The first microwave oven was about 6 feel tall and weighed about 750 pounds.” I wanted to know more about what early model microwaves looked like and how they differed from the compact microwaves we have today.
Tupperware served as one of the first products that launched women as entrepreneurs. Women sold Tupperware at parties in the domestic space in the company of other women. Wise sold Tupperware and Earl Tupper noticed and took over the company. Tupperware allowed women to make the domestic space a place where they could profit.
Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. AC0509-0000003.
While Earl Tupper was the mastermind behind the invention of tupperware, Brownie Wise was instrumental in tupperware sales. Wise, a single mom, could see how great tupperware could be to have in the household and came up with the idea of a tupperware party. Women would host tupperware parties to get their friends to see how the product worked, what they liked and didn’t like as well as provide a fun and social atmosphere. Tupperware parties were revolutionary and helped to skyrocket tupperware sales.
Jeff Rose, “Tupperware Parties Transformed the 1950s”,www.shfwire.com, 10/7/99, http://www.shfwire.com/tupperware-parties-transformed-1950s/