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=== Biography === |
=== Biography === |
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Alice H Parker was born in Morristown New Jersey. |
Alice H Parker was born in Morristown New Jersey in 1895. |
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=== Education === |
=== Education === |
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There is not much information on Parker's personal life, except for the fact that she wanted to improve the heating system. |
There is not much information on Parker's personal life, except for the fact that she wanted to improve the heating system. She attended Howard University Academy located in Washington D.C. and went on to be granted a certificate with honors in 1910 <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.blackpast.org/aah/parker-alice-h-1895|title=Parker, Alice H. (1895- ?) {{!}} The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed|website=www.blackpast.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref> |
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=== Career and Work === |
=== Career and Work === |
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Alice H. Parker worked in a male dominated business, today the field would be known as a trade. |
Alice H. Parker worked in a male dominated business, today the field would be known as a trade. Parker patented her invention in 1919, and registered it as an African American woman. This was before the women's liberation and Civil Rights movements <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parlemag.com|title=Parle magazine - The Online Voice of Urban Entertainment|website=Parle Magazine — The Online Voice of Urban Entertainment|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref>. |
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=== Major Contributions === |
=== Major Contributions === |
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Parker is known for her contribution to the heating furnace. She invented a heating furnace that supplied central heating or entire homes and buildings and this was much safer than burning firewood.{{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}} |
Parker is known for her contribution to the heating furnace. She invented a heating furnace that supplied central heating or entire homes and buildings and this was much safer than burning firewood. This was a form of conserved energy that controlled heat distribution with a switch <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleverlychanging.com|title=|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref>{{dashboard.wikiedu.org sandbox}} |
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Revision as of 17:46, 23 April 2018
Biography
Alice H Parker was born in Morristown New Jersey in 1895.
Education
There is not much information on Parker's personal life, except for the fact that she wanted to improve the heating system. She attended Howard University Academy located in Washington D.C. and went on to be granted a certificate with honors in 1910 [1]
Career and Work
Alice H. Parker worked in a male dominated business, today the field would be known as a trade. Parker patented her invention in 1919, and registered it as an African American woman. This was before the women's liberation and Civil Rights movements [2].
Major Contributions
Parker is known for her contribution to the heating furnace. She invented a heating furnace that supplied central heating or entire homes and buildings and this was much safer than burning firewood. This was a form of conserved energy that controlled heat distribution with a switch [3]
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- ^ "Parker, Alice H. (1895- ?) | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed". www.blackpast.org. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "Parle magazine - The Online Voice of Urban Entertainment". Parle Magazine — The Online Voice of Urban Entertainment. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ http://www.cleverlychanging.com.
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