AND FINALLY ... Have you ever heard of Bette Nesmith Graham? This secretary-turned-inventor created one of the 20th century's most popular office supplies: liquid paper. (That’s the white correction fluid we all use to conceal our typos!) The magical moment triggered in 1956, when she sat in her garage working with white tempera paint. In a time when women were discouraged from making their own money, she built a $47.5 million empire. (In today's money, that's $173 million!) Read her full story here. |