I'm trying to find information about Alice H. Parker, an inventor.?
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Wikipedia has a list of inventors and invention.  Also, about.com has a list of famous inventors.
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http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa020600h.htm
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why are sctions like these so neglected...\nDID YOU KNOW... that an African American man named Lewis Latimer who worked with Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell drew up the plans for Bell's first telephone?\nIf you did, you are probably among the fortunate few who possess such knowledge. It is a fact that has not been well publicized. There are countless inventions by African Americans and they cover everything from food processing to electrical technology. The inventions by African Americans point out the contributions that African Americans have made to the comfort and advancement of mankind. The following are some inventions by African Americans.\nAmerica's Hi-Tech "Invisible Man"\n\nPatricia E. Bath was the inventor of the laser eye surgery technique now widely used. In fact, she is the only African American woman doctor to ever receive a medical patent.\n\nFrederick Jones invented the air conditioner unit and the automatic refrigeration system for long-haul trucks.\n\nJ.W. Smith invented the lawn sprinkler.\n\nSarah Boone invented the ironing board.\n\nJan Matzeliger invented the shoe-lasting machine (for attaching \nsoles on shoes in Lynn, Mass. His invention revolutionized the shoe industry.\n\nLydia Newman invented the hair brush.\n\nL.P. Ray invented the dust mop.\n\nThomas W. Stewart invented the mop.\n\nJohn Love invented the pencil sharpener.\n\nLee Burridge invented the typewriter.\n\nJohn Burr invented the lawnmower.\n\nGarrett Morgan invented the traffic light.\n\nJohn Standard took out a patent on an improved refrigerating device... the refrigerator.\n\nAlice Parker invented the heating furnace.\n\nAlexander Miles invented major improvements to the elevator.\n\nDr. Charles Drew invented a way to store blood and then created the first blood bank.\n\nM.A. Cherry invented the tricycle.\n\nMajor Robert H. Lawrence was the first African American astronaut chosen \nto make a journey to the moon. He had a doctoral degree in Chemistry \nand would have made one of the first lunar trips, but he died in the crash \nof an Air Force F-104 jet at Edwards Air Force Base, CA in 1968.\nErnest E. Just was the first biologist to receive the Springarn Medal. He received distinction in his field through his research on egg fertilization and the functioning of cells.\n\nHarold D. West was the first person to synthesize the amino acid threonine in the laboratory.\n\nDr. William Hinton devised a test to determine syphilis.\n\nAndrew Bryan was the first African American pastor, ordained in 1788.\n\nConstance B. Motley was the first African American female appointed as a Federal Judge in 1966.\n\nBarbara Watson Federal was the first African American and first female to serve as Asst. Secretary of State.\nShe held her post in 1974.\n\nBernice Gaines Hughes was the first African American female to obtain the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Armed Forces.\n\nAlonzo Pietro (known as "il Negro") was one of Columbus' navigators on his first voyage to America in 1492.\n\nalso look into:\n\nMore Inventors\n\n1st Lt Stephen Swails \nA. Philip Randolph\nAdam Clayton  Powell Jr.\nAhmed Baba\nAhmos\nAlaine Locke\nAlexander Dumas\nAlexander Pushkin\nArthur A. Schomburg\nBenjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.\nBishop Richard Allen\nBlack Reconstruction Congress\nCapt. Erwin B. Lawrence\nCarol Mosley\nCharles Clinton Spaulding\nClarence Harris\nCleopatra\nColin L. Powell\nColonel Charles A. Young\nColonel Guion Bluford\nDaniel Hale Williams\nDr. Benjamin S. Carson\nDr. Carter G. Woodson\nDr. George R. Carruthers\nDr. Katherine G. Johnson\nDr. Martin Luther King, Jr.\nDr. W. E. B. Dubois\nDuke Ellington\nElijah McCoy\nEthel Waters\nFanny M. Coppin\nFrancois Louveture\nFredrick Douglas\nGranville T. Woods\nGwendolyn Brooks\nHarriet R. Tubman\nIda B. Wells\nIMHOTEP\nJackie Robinson\nJames Baldwin\nJames Forten\nJames Weldon Johnson\nJesse Owens\nJohn B. Russwurm\nJohn H. Johnson\nJohn Henry Lawson\nJoseph Barrow Louis\nJosep
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There's a lot of information at:\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blcandy.htm\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy
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http://www.hesston.edu/academic/faculty/nelsonk/PhysicsResearch/SlingshotJY/report.htm
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How about Rosalind Franklin?\nhttp://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/Rosalind_Franklin.html
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TRY:\n\nhttp://oldguns.net/catusmil.htm
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Contact your local public or college librarian and they will gladly help you find this information in proprietary databases- for free! You will NOT find this information in Yahoo. Trust me! I am a librarian, so just give YOUR local librarian a call. You won't regret it, and it is FREE!
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Try contacting the National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org/). They might have a way for you to get in touch with someone.
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Go to these websites and check the biography:
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Marie Curie; Hedy Lamarr; Hypatia\n\nThere are others.  Your best bet is to search for them on google.
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U.S. Patent Office.  See given link.
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Try Edmund Scientific on the web..but if you want to make your own try the link provided.\n\nGood luck!
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For info try: http://inventors.about.com\nhttp://www.invent.org\nhttp://inventors.about.com/library/bl/bl1_1.htm\nhttp://enchantedlearning.com/inventors/indexa.shtml\nhttp://web.mit.edu/invent
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Try the US Patent Office.  Perhaps the FAQ's can help a little.
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go to www.yahoo.com\nthen put " Francisco Pizarro biography " and you should be ok