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Who invented Tupperware? Earl Tupper

Brownie Wise, Tupperware House Parties, and Female Empowerment

Before inventing Tupperware, Earl Tupper was a subcontractor for DuPont’s plastics war production. In the 1940s, he began experimenting with polyethylene with the intention of creating a commercial product. In 1947, Tupper invented what we now know as Tupperware: “an airtight, watertight” lid and a container made of “a tough, nonporous, and nonsmelling substance.”

http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.umw.edu/docview/503181662?accountid=12299

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Introductory Post

Source: https://www.howitworksdaily.com/b-2-stealth-bomber/

When I was a child, I had a toy version of the B2 Stealth Bomber. I’m sure many other children did. This aircraft seems like something out of a comic book. Now, of course, it’s a bit different from Wonder Woman’s Invisible Jet, but it’s still an impressive technological artifact. This stealth bomber remains one of the most impressive feats of military technology in US history, and the idea of spending an entire semester researching the development of this technological marvel is exciting. Honestly, I feel like a kid again.

-Nick Skibinski

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Practice Post- Kelsey Dean

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.

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Tupperware Parties

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.

Photograph of Brownie Wise leading a Tupperware party

Brownie Wise Papers, 1938-1968, Archives Center, National Museum of American History. AC0509-0000003.