Graham, Bette Nesmith, 1924-1980

Bette Nesmith Graham was born March 23, 1924 in Dallas, TX. After divorcing her first husband, she worked as a secretary. To make extra money, painted holiday windows which gave her the idea for correction fluid. Graham used her white correction paint for five years; some bosses admonished her against using it, but coworkers frequently sought her "paint out". She began marketing her typewriter correction fluid as "Mistake Out" in 1956. The name was later changed to Liquid Paper when she began her own company. She sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million in 1979. Graham died on May 12, 1980.