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    Bette Graham | Lemelson. Liquid Paper. Consumer Devices. Typists who are prone to making mistakes when using old-fashioned typewriters or word processors have Bette Nesmith Graham to thank for creating one of the most simple, yet lifesaving inventions in all of office-supply history: Liquid Paper.

  2. The secretary who turned Liquid Paper into a multimillion-dollar business - The Hustle. Once a struggling single mother, Bette Nesmith Graham would become a business magnate in the office supply industry of the 20th century with her Liquid Paper correction fluid.

  3. Feb 26, 2016 · One December, in 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham invented Liquid Paper. Graham was a single mother working as an executive secretary for the chairman of the board at the Texas Bank and Trust in...

  4. American entrepreneur who invented Liquid Paper . Born Bette Claire McMurray in Dallas, Texas, in 1924; died in 1980; married Warren Nesmith, in 1942 (divorced); children: Michael Nesmith (an actor). Bette Nesmith Graham turned her imperfect typing skills into a $47 million fortune.

  5. Liquid Paper Inventor. As electric typewriters came into widespread use after World War II, Bette Nesmith Graham and countless other secretaries let out a collective groan. The new machines did make typing easier, but their carbon-film ribbons made it impossible to correct mistakes neatly with a pencil eraser.

  6. Apr 27, 2021 · Her name was Bette Nesmith — later Bette Nesmith Graham — a single mom who, in 1956, tried to find a simple way to make her life at work easier. In her Richardson garage, Nesmith...

  7. Mar 23, 2014 · Entrepreneur Bette Nesmith Graham invented Liquid Paper, a product that improved the work lives of millions of women. Then armed with the fortune the invention brought her, Graham created two...

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