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Bette Nesmith Graham was an American secretary and entrepreneur who invented Liquid Paper correction fluid in the 1950s. Working as a typist, she developed the product in her kitchen using tempera paint and originally marketed it as "Mistake Out." She established the Mistake Out Company, which grew into a substantial business that she eventually sold to the Gillette Corporation in 1979 for approximately $47 million. She was also the mother of Michael Nesmith, who became a member of The Monkees.
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Bette Nesmith Graham ranks #363 of 429 in the Inventor ranking, behind Josephine Cochrane, ahead of Ann Tsukamoto.
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