# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bette-nesmith-graham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:34:15.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bette-nesmith-graham"
name: "Bette Nesmith Graham"
slug: "bette-nesmith-graham"
description: "Bette Nesmith Graham was an American inventor, entrepreneur, businesswoman, and philanthropist from the state of Texas. While working as a secretary in the 1950s, she developed the correction fluid known as Liquid Paper. Graham founded the Liquid Paper Company in 1958, built it into a multimillion-dollar business with international reach, and sold it to Gillette Corporation in 1979. She was the mother of musician Michael Nesmith."
tagline: "Inventor, businesswoman (1924–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bette_nesmith_graham.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1924-03-23"
deathDate: "1980-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             0
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump