BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM Savannah and Kaitlyn Mrs De

BETTE NESMITH GRAHAM Savannah and Kaitlyn Mrs. De. Cook - grade 3

EARLY LIFE • Bette was born on March 23, 1924. • Bette was born in Dallas Texas. • She was raised in San Antonio, Texas. • Bette dropped out of high school at the age of 17. • She married and moved back to Dallas

ABOUT BETTE'S FAMILY • Bette had one child named Michael Nesmith. • Bette became the famous mother of her musician son Michael, who played with the band “The Monkeys”.

ABOUT BETTE'S JOB • Bette was good at her work and Bette rose through the ranks at Texas bank and trust anile became executive security to the chairman of the board by 1951. • She typed a lot and made mistakes. • She made a white paint that would cover her mistakes.

WHAT BETTE INVENTED • Bette invented liquid paper in 1956. • She called it Mistake out • Bette’s started a company and it grew to a million dollar business. • By 1979 Bette was selling around 25 million bottles a year.

INTERESTING DETAILS • She started company out of her house • In 1975 Bette moved operations to a three thousand five hundred- sq. ft metal shed in her backyard. • Bette sold the company to Gillette corporation in 1979 for 47 million.

WHAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF BETTE HAD NOT LIVED • There would not be any liquid paper if Bette was not alive. • If there was no liquid paper and if you make a mistake on a piece of paper you would have to start all over.

WHEN BETTE DIED • Bette died on May 12, 1980. • Bette died in Richardson Texas.

RESOURCES • World Book Kids • Wikipedia • Images: About. com, Women-inventors. com