12 things you didn't know were invented by women

Alice H. Parker was an African American inventor known for her contribution to the heating furnace. She invented a furnace that supplied central heating for homes and entire buildings. Parker was from Morristown, New Jersey. She died in 1920 as a result of a heat stroke.Alice H. Parker was an African-American inventor who filed the first United States patent for the precursor to a central heating system. Parker was highly educated compared to most Americans during the early 1900s.