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Nesmith was raised by a single mother, a secretary who enjoyed a sideline in painting. As electric typewriters became common, it became harder to correct mistakes, so she created a paint at home that matched the typing paper in her office. The invention later became liquid paper, known in the UK as Tipp-Ex.