History’s Forgotten Trailblazer

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Last Updated on September 27, 2024

Brownie Wise is one of the most groundbreaking women in American business history, yet her story has been largely forgotten. Until now.

Journalist Bob Kealing’s 2008 book “Tupperware Unsealed” is being turned into a movie starring Oscar winner Sandra Bullock and will be directed by “The Help’s” Tate Taylor.

Kealing explains how Brownie empowered housewives worldwide to start their own businesses and control their own destinies in a time when many had little or no options.

Find out more about this trailblazing single mom’s rise to the top of the business world, including becoming the first woman to appear on the cover of the magazine “Business Week,” and her ultimate fall. It’s a fascinating look back at the power of perseverance, passion and empowerment.

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