Word: dried
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Dates: during 1947-1947
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...eyes and bright new ideas, always wanted to be a nurse. But after she started to work, she had some doubts. Most of her patients were babies and they were usually a little soggy. So, off-duty, she tried to develop a waterproof outer diaper. She finally devised a "Dri-ette," two pieces of flannel bonded to a waterproof center which eliminated the objections of many mothers to rubber pants. The Dri-ette was not patentable but it did the trick. Babies could get wet, but nobody else would...
...spare time Dee Givens made a few Dri-ettes by hand and sold them to two department stores. Harassed mothers grabbed them up so fast that Dee saw a future in the business of making babies socially more presentable. She quit nursing in 1936, borrowed $100 from the La Grange State Trust & Savings Bank and set herself up in business with two helpers in a tiny Western Springs store. Shortly after, the bank executive who had lent her the money became the father of twins. The Dri-ettes made such a hit with him that he backed her with other...
...demand for Dri-ettes grew, Dee expanded into two adjoining store buildings, had connecting doors knocked through the walls. The wartime shortages of rubber nipped her, but she developed a Dri-ette from synthetics. As business burgeoned, other manufacturers copied her idea. She merely added new products, standbys like waterproof panties, sheets and aprons...