White Out

WHITE OUT : 

WHITE OUT INVENTOR- BETTE CLAIR MCMURRY

Bette Clair McMurry : 

Bette Clair McMurry Dropped out of high school Married at the age of 19 Earned her GED at night school Got divorced when her husband came back from the service Had one son raised as a single mother Worked as a secretary Loved art and painting

Bette Clair McMurry : 

Bette Clair McMurry

Product –White Out : 

Product –White Out Made a lot of mistakes using the type writers She thought when painters screw up they just paint over it so why not just paint over her typing mistakes Using her kitchen blender she mixed up some tempera water-based paint, tinting it to match her company stationery http://www.liquidpaper.com/main.taf?p=3,8 (video)

White out : 

White out

the booming of White Out : 

the booming of White Out She started mistake out company in 1956 The bank fired her, which was a blessing for her Her company grew quickly and before long she was selling about 100 bottles a month She renamed the product “liquid paper” The “office” mentioned her product and the next thing you know her company was blooming

White out’s first headquarters : 

White out’s first headquarters In 1975 she opened a 35,000 square foot headquarters building in Dallas. A year later the company’s net earnings where $ 1.5 million and the product was being sold in 31 countries

What Bette Clair's did with her fortune : 

What Bette Clair's did with her fortune With her fortune she set up two foundations to help women in need Gihon Foundation The Bette Clair McMurray Foundation

End of her carrier : 

End of her carrier In 1979, she sold her company to the Gillette Corporation for $47.5 million. A year later she passed away at the age of 56. As of this writing, her son Michael continues to contribute to the operations of her charitable causes.

Work Cited : 

Work Cited http://www.liquidpaper.com/main.taf?p=3,8 http://web.mit.edu/invent/i-archive.html www.googleimages.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette_Nesmith_Graham