Willa Paskin

The Tupperware Jubilee was an annual over-the-top themed celebration and team-building exercise Brownie had started in the early 1950s. Tupperware dealers and managers would come to Tupperware headquarters on their own dime for an elaborate four-day show of appreciation and indoctrination.

The Tupperware Jubilee was an annual over-the-top themed celebration and team-building exercise Brownie had started in the early 1950s. Tupperware dealers and managers would come to Tupperware headquarters on their own dime for an elaborate four-day show of appreciation and indoctrination.

For the 1957 Jubilee, the theme was around the world in 80 days. And the highlight was a massive excursion organized by Brownie.

For the 1957 Jubilee, the theme was around the world in 80 days. And the highlight was a massive excursion organized by Brownie.

For the 1957 Jubilee, the theme was around the world in 80 days. And the highlight was a massive excursion organized by Brownie.

So the thousand-plus attendees all headed off to Brownie's Island in boats, ready to party. But the weather had something else in mind.

So the thousand-plus attendees all headed off to Brownie's Island in boats, ready to party. But the weather had something else in mind.

So the thousand-plus attendees all headed off to Brownie's Island in boats, ready to party. But the weather had something else in mind.

So she gets off.

So she gets off.

So she gets off.

By the end of the evening, 21 people were in the hospital with serious injuries.

By the end of the evening, 21 people were in the hospital with serious injuries.

By the end of the evening, 21 people were in the hospital with serious injuries.

Earl had also already started thinking about cashing out and selling the company. And he did not want a headstrong, self-interested female executive with a lot of pull internally and externally to get in the way.

Earl had also already started thinking about cashing out and selling the company. And he did not want a headstrong, self-interested female executive with a lot of pull internally and externally to get in the way.

Earl had also already started thinking about cashing out and selling the company. And he did not want a headstrong, self-interested female executive with a lot of pull internally and externally to get in the way.

Earl Tupper fired Brownie Wise in January of 1958. She didn't own any stock or have any stake in the company. She didn't even own the house she lived in. And she never again achieved the kind of success she'd had at Tupperware. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Earl sold Tupperware to Rexall Drug for $16 million, divorced his wife, and bought his own island off the coast of Panama.

Earl Tupper fired Brownie Wise in January of 1958. She didn't own any stock or have any stake in the company. She didn't even own the house she lived in. And she never again achieved the kind of success she'd had at Tupperware. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Earl sold Tupperware to Rexall Drug for $16 million, divorced his wife, and bought his own island off the coast of Panama.

Earl Tupper fired Brownie Wise in January of 1958. She didn't own any stock or have any stake in the company. She didn't even own the house she lived in. And she never again achieved the kind of success she'd had at Tupperware. Meanwhile, at the end of the year, Earl sold Tupperware to Rexall Drug for $16 million, divorced his wife, and bought his own island off the coast of Panama.