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The Secretary Who Changed How Mistakes Were Corrected

The Secretary Who Changed How Mistakes Were Corrected

The story behind the invention of Liquid Paper

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Daniel Ganninger
Jan 24, 2025
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Liquid Paper is the magical stuff that can cover mistakes, but if it weren’t for one woman and her difficulty using an electric typewriter, it might never have been invented.

In 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham, the inventor of Liquid paper, was a single mother with one young son who worked as an executive secretary at Texas Bank & Trust in Dallas, Texas. Prob…

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