Bette Nesmith Graham died in 1980, leaving half her fortune to her son Michael and half to philanthropic organizations.

One December, in 1951, Bette Nesmith Graham invented Liquid Paper. Graham was a single mother working as an executive secretary for the chairman of the board at the Texas Bank and Trust in Dallas.

Bette Graham created the first correctional paint to fix document typos. “She was a tool-maker and highly motivated to help working women,” said Michael Nesmith, her son. As much as she wanted ...

While Bette Nesmith Graham was toiling away to perfect and market what would eventually be trademarked as Liquid Paper, her son Michael was on the precipice of becoming one of the biggest musical ...

His mother, Bette Nesmith Graham, was a single parent and secretary before her son was a famous musician. But she also made quite an impressive name for herself. Graham invented Liquid Paper ...

Her name was Bette Nesmith — later Bette Nesmith Graham — a single mom who, in 1956, tried to find a simple way to make her life at work easier. In her Richardson garage, Nesmith Graham mixed ...

An obstacle can be an opportunity for an enterprising spirit. This was the case for Texas inventor Bette Nesmith Graham. What had been an annoyance for typists led to the struggling single mother ...

Born Robert Michael Nesmith in Houston, TX, the future Monkee and his mother, Bette, moved to Dallas when he was very young. His mother subsequently married Robert Graham, and she worked as a ...

(Following Bette Nesmith Graham’s death in 1980, Nesmith inherited half of her estate, estimated at more than $50 million.) During his high school years, Nesmith focused on acting and music.