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How inventing Liquid Paper got a secretary fired and then turned her into an exec worth $25 million​

Published Mon, Jul 23 20181:46 PM EDTUpdated Mon, Jul 23 20181:46 PM EDT
Zameena Mejia

Like many women in the 1950s, Bette Nesmith Graham made a living as a secretary. But between her sub-par typing skills, her critical boss and the fact that she had to support herself and her young son Michael, she needed to find a way to hold onto her job. As a result, she invented Liquid Paper correction fluid, which became a business that made her millions, as the New York Times details in a recent obituary, part of their “Overlooked” series.

Michael, Graham’s son, went on to be a member of the popular 1960s rock group The Monkees and inherited $25 million from his mother after she passed away. He took over her nonprofits and continued sharing his mother’s story.
How inventing Liquid Paper got a secretary fired and then turned her into an exec worth $25 million
 
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