I Bottled My Mother: The Mrs. Meyer's Story by Monica Nassif

Event ID: PP1149928

Sat, Mar 14, 2026 | 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM

Venue: Salon A (Hilton Austin Downtown)

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Monica Nassif didn’t just build a brand—she bottled a legacy. I Bottled My Mother is the gritty, hilarious, heartfelt origin story behind Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, the cult-favorite cleaning line inspired by Monica’s real-life mom, Thelma Meyer: a whip-smart, no-nonsense Midwesterner who raised nine children with little more than elbow grease, common sense, and a garden full of vegetables. Part startup manual, part memoir, this is the candid story of how one woman turned domestic skills into corporate strategy, and a small soap company into a household name.

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