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SCOTCHGARD In 1953 Patsy Sherman, one of the few women chemists at a major corporation, was researching in 3M's labs ways to create a rubber material that aircraft fuel couldn't destroy. Her assistant accidentally knocked over a bottle of synthetic latex onto her new sneakers. Soap, alcohol and solvents couldn't remove the compound, but Sherman also noticed it resisted dirt. So she and a colleague improved its liquid repellency, and three years later 3M sold it on the market as a suede protectant. In 1973 Sherman obtained a patent for it to preserve carpets...
...Staff writer Giselle Barcia can be reached at gbarcia@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu...
...According to Sherman, Pellegrini is due back in court on Feb. 6, and the two minors are expected back in court on March...
...Sherman, the district attorney’s spokeswoman, said that all three suspects were arraigned in Cambridge District Court last Wednesday...