Bette Nesmith Graham

Welcome to #LisaDurden’s #WomensHistoryMonthMoment: Bette Nesmith Graham, born March 23, 1924, was a typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of Liquid Paper. As an executive secretary, it was difficult to erase mistakes made by early electric typewriters, so she used tempera water-based paint to correct mistakes. #BetteNesmithGraham eventually began marketing her typewriter correction fluid "#MistakeOut" in 1956, however, the name was later changed to #LiquidPaper when she began her own company in the 1960’s. The product was very popular in the secretarial trade and by 1979, she sold Liquid Paper to the #GilletteCorporation for $47.5 million dollars in 1979. #ClapForThat!! Little known fact, she was the mother of musician and producer #MichaelNesmith of #TheMonkees. Bette passed away on May 12, 1980.

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