EP72: Letting Your Daughter Grow Up, The Great Chicago Fire and Cars As Material Culture

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Brownie Wise: The Woman Who Made Tupperware a Household Name

On this episode of Our American Stories, Brownie Wise didn't invent Tupperware, but she turned it into an American institution. A single mother with little formal education, Wise discovered a talent for direct sales and eventually convinced inventor Earl Tupper to take his plasti ...  Show more

One of the First Vietnam POWs: Larry Spencer’s Hanoi Hilton Story

On this episode of Our American Stories, when Navy pilot Larry Spencer was captured in North Vietnam, he entered a world that few Americans would ever see. He spent years as a prisoner of war, first in a camp called “The Zoo” and later in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. Survival meant ...  Show more

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