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Title: 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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