Hello and welcome back to Breakfast with Mom!
Today’s episode is about warmth — not just the kind that fills a room on a winter night, but the kind that comes from innovation, persistence, and vision.
This is the story of Alice H. Parker — the woman whose groundbreaking heating system laid the foundation for the central heating systems we rely on today.
Let’s travel back to the early 1900s. Imagine it’s January in the northeastern United States. There’s no thermostat on the wall. No automatic heat humming through vents. If you wanted warmth, you had to build a fire — usually in a fireplace using a wood or coal-burning stove.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_H._Parker
https://www.aga.org/alice-parker-the-mother-of-natural-gas-heating/
https://pensacolaenergy.com/alice-parker-trailblazer-in-space-heating/
https://members.nabwic.org/blogpost/1762819/489469/NABWIC-SERVES-AS-AN-HISTORIAN-FOR-BLACK-WOMEN-IN-CONSTRUCTION-FEATURING-ALICE-H-PARKER
https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/parker-alice-h-1895/
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Music: “Electronic Rock (King Around Here)” by Alex Grohl https://pixabay.com/music/search/electronic%20rock%20king
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Episode was researched, written and edited by Shanoa with the help of ChatGPT
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