Alice H. Parker, Inventor (?)

Alice H. Parker is, indeed, a rare find. Not much biographical information was found on the Internet about her. Her biography is sometimes confused with that of another Alice Parker, a composer, arranger and conductor.

Alice Parker--the African-American inventor, that is--patented a gas-powered central heating furnace on December 23, 1919 (U.S. Patent 1,325,905).

External Links:

1. Alice H. Parker - True African American Heat (Parle Magazine)


2. Alice Parker History Beat: Now You Know (YouTube.com)


3. Alice Parker (theinventors.org)

References:

1. African-American Bibliography - Science & Medicine (University of Pennsylvania)


2. 2/21/03 Black History Month Special Report, Part III (UAW-Chrysler)