Early life and career
Helen Eugenia Parker was born on November 17, 1909, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, to parents Willie Parker and contractor Walter Eugene Parker. The family of seven later moved to Little Rock, Arkansas. When graduating in 1926 from Wiley High School-College (now known as Wiley College) in Marshall, Texas, she was a top student. It is also likely she attended Howard University in Washington, D.C.Later career
Parker briefly returned to Little Rock. There, she taught mathematics in the segregated public high school, served as a librarian at the segregated library, and consulted for the Southern Tenant Farmers Union. Around 1930s, Parker moved to Detroit, Michigan. There, she was an instructor for the Shop Drafting Training Program, part of the National Youth Administration of Works Progress Administration. As well as a drafter for the first two registered architects of color in Detroit, Alfonso R. Feliciano (1883–1940) a Puerto Rican graduate of Universidad de Barcelona, and Donald Frank White. She was associate architect for Trinity Hospital in Detroit, a black hospital which closed in 1962. Parker was a board member of the Peter Pan Nursery. She was also active in professional associations, includingDeath and legacy
Parker died after 1940. Parker's profile was included in the book, '' African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary, 1865–1945'' (2004).See also
* African-American architectsRelated architects
References
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