Bettie Nesmith Graham.
Some inventions are the result of mistakes made and a solutions discovered to correct them. This was certainly the case with the invention of liquid paper.
Back in the days when the typewriter was the chief means of producing documents printed in offices, mistakes were obviously made. But there was no way to correct it. Simple erasures used to remove lead pencil work was not suitable for work that were printed of an inked ribbon from a typewriter.
In was customary that a solution would have come from someone who worked in a lab and was au fait with chemical compounds.
Enter typist and painter. Bettie was in fact considered a mediocre typist- she made many mistakes. She was determined to correct messy work and her intuition kicked in She invented the Liquid Paper and saved countless women the discomfort of submitting untidy work in offices.
Bettie founded the Mistake Out company and Liquid Paper was a success.
Some inventions are the result of mistakes made and a solutions discovered to correct them. This was certainly the case with the invention of liquid paper.
Back in the days when the typewriter was the chief means of producing documents printed in offices, mistakes were obviously made. But there was no way to correct it. Simple erasures used to remove lead pencil work was not suitable for work that were printed of an inked ribbon from a typewriter.
In was customary that a solution would have come from someone who worked in a lab and was au fait with chemical compounds.
Enter typist and painter. Bettie was in fact considered a mediocre typist- she made many mistakes. She was determined to correct messy work and her intuition kicked in She invented the Liquid Paper and saved countless women the discomfort of submitting untidy work in offices.
Bettie founded the Mistake Out company and Liquid Paper was a success.