Bette Nesmith Graham

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Bette Nesmith Graham

• Rachel Pearce
• Core 1-2
• 7th grade science
• 10/12/07

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Facts About Bette Nesmith Graham

• Born on March 23, 1924
• Died on May 12, 1980
• Born in Corpus Christi, Texas
• Worked as a secretary at a bank

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Why She Is Famous

• She is famous because she invented liquid paper.
• Began marketing her invention as Mistake Out in
  1956.
• The name was later changed to White Out.
• In 1979, she sold her invention to the Gillette
  Corporation for 47.9 million.

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Why She Is Famous

• Her company employed 200 people and made 25
  million bottles of Liquid Paper per year.
• Her liquid paper is made up of white,
  water-based, tempera paint

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What Impacts She Have On Society

• Her invention of liquid paper saves people time
  because they can just mark it out with liquid
  paper instead of erasing it
• It also saves people time because if they make a
  mistake they can just white it out instead of
  starting over.

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Interesting Facts

• Her son, Michael, was in the band the Monkees.
• Graham said, Anyone who is making progress faces
  fear. Overcoming fear is all there is to
  success.
• She secretly used her liquid paper for 5 years.
• She used her kitchen blender to mix up her first
  batch of liquid paper.

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Interesting Facts

• She dropped out of high school when she was 17.
• She got married when she was 19
• Shortly after she got married, her husband had to
  go away to World War II. While he was away, she
  had a baby and when he got home from war, they
  got divorced.

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Citations

• http//www.gihon.com/images/bette/bette.jpg
• http//www.working-minds.com/WM2003c.htm37
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_Graham

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