Alice Parker’s invention should be discussed more because, without her patent, most of us might still be using some form of how households heated their home with wood or coal.
Very little is talked about when it comes to Alice H. Parker. Her patent changed the way heat in the home is used today. What did she invent? She patented the central heating system. At the time, most homes were using either coal or wood to heat their homes. But her design allowed cool air to be drawn into the furnace, which conveyed through a heat exchanger that provided warm air through ducts to each room in the home. Also, her design used natural gas as fuel.
Her patent was filed on Dec. 23, 1919. Very little is know about her childhood or early adulthood. What is know is that she was born in 1895 in Morristown, NJ. She also attended high school at Howard University Academy in Washington, D.C. The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce gives out the Alice H. Parker Women Leaders in Innovation Award for women that show a rich legacy in innovation. Alice Parker should be discussed more because, without her patent, most of us might still be using some form of how households heated their home with wood or coal.
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