The Resume

(March 23, 1924-May 12, 1980)
Born in Dallas, Texas
Birth name was Bette Clair McMurray
Invented Liquid Paper correction fluid (1951)
Set up her own company to market Liquid Paper (1956)
Sold the company to Gillette for $47.5 million, plus a royalty on each bottle sold until 2000 (1979)
Mother of Mike Nesmith

Why she might be annoying:

She was married and divorced twice.
She worked as a secretary, but was not much of a typist.
She was fired for spending too much of her time selling Liquid Paper.
When she approached IBM about marketing Liquid Paper, they turned her down.

Why she might not be annoying:

If she had been a better typist, she would have lost out on $50 million.
She was inspired by her hobby of painting, noting 'An artist never corrects by erasing, but always paints over the error.'
She encouraged Liquid Paper employees to participate in corporate decision-making.
She left half her estate to Michael, half to women's charities.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 23]
• I am a Texan
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in 1980 (Ranked: 56)
• I Earned a High School Equivalency Diploma
• Inventors
• Painters
• Profiles 26501-26750 (Ranked: 26687)

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 9 Votes: 22.22% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 35 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 53 Votes: 50.94% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 19 Votes: 31.58% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 16.00% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 765 Votes: 44.31% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 40 Votes: 35.00% Annoying