About the Author

Bob Kealing is an Edward R. Murrow and four-time Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist based in Orlando Florida at WESH-TV. He has appeared on national programs such as Dateline NBC, the Today Show, CBS This Morning, and has appeared as a guest on NPR, CNN, MSNBC, NBC and C-SPAN. The author of four non-fiction books, Kealing's research led to the establishment of the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, a literary landmark in the National Register of Historic Places, and Gram Parsons Derry Down, a Florida Heritage site honoring the pioneering country rock musician in his birthplace, Winter Haven. Kealing lives north of Orlando with his wife, son and daughter.

Reviews

[In this] vivid portrait of Tupperware's origins...Kealing celebrates Wise's struggles against sexist, chauvinist corporate America . [It s] a book that certainly does her justice.
" Wall Street Journal"
In the 1950s Brownie Wise accomplished for sales what Elvis Presley did for music. She shook it all up.
" USA Today"
[Kealing's] writing could help restore Ms. Wise to her rightful place in the history of American business.... Don't wait for the movie. Join the 'Party' now.
" Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
This is the riveting and unaccountably forgotten story of Brownie Wise, the single mom and 1950s Tupperware saleswoman extraordinaire who captivated the heart of everyone in postwar America everyone, that is, except her boss, Earl Tupper. The drama that ensued is must read business history.
Tilar J. Mazzeo, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Widow Clicquot""

This is the riveting and unaccountably forgotten story of Brownie Wise, the single mom and 1950s Tupperware saleswoman extraordinaire who captivated the heart of everyone in postwar America everyone, that is, except her boss, Earl Tupper. The drama that ensued is must read business history.
Tilar J. Mazzeo, "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Widow Clicquot"
"[In this] vivid portrait of Tupperware's origins...Kealing celebrates Wise's struggles against sexist, chauvinist corporate America . [It s] a book that certainly does her justice."
Wall Street Journal"