At the end of the second world war many women gave up the work they had taken on during wartime outside of the home and were looking for ways to supplement their income. This era was also the advent of polypropylene. Today we explore how these two topics were married together by the iconic Tupperware party! Trust us as we explore this fascinating story and end the episode with a fish car.

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Sources used in today's episode:

https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/women

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/story-brownie-wise-ingenious-marketer-behind-tupperware-party-180968658/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperware-1950s/

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/tupperware-work/

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/wwii-women.html