Graham, Bette Nesmith, 1924-1980

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found: Wikipedia.org, via WWW, 24 April 2015:(Bette Nesmith Graham; Bette Claire Graham (March 23, 1924-May 12, 1980) was an American typist, commercial artist, and the inventor of Liquid Paper. She was also the mother of musician and producer Michael Nesmith of The Monkees. Graham was born Bette Clair McMurray in Dallas, Texas. She was raised in San Antonio. She married Warren Audrey Nesmith (1919-1984) before he left to fight in World War II. While he was overseas she had a child (Robert Michael Nesmith, born December 30, 1942). After Warren Nesmith returned home, they divorced (1946). To support herself as a single mother, she worked as a secretary at Texas Bank and Trust. Graham secretly used her white correction paint for five years. She eventually 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. In 1962 Bette Nesmith married Robert Graham. They divorced in 1975. In 1979 she sold Liquid Paper to the Gillette Corporation for USD $47.5 million. Bette Nesmith died May 12, 1980, at the age of 56, in Richardson, Texas.)