Very little is known of Florence Parpart, other than census records and United States Government patent applications. In 1914, Parpart won a second patent for the modern refrigerator, rendering the icebox obsolete for those with access to electricity.

Many believe that Parpart’s then fiancée was highly skilled in electrical circuitry and assisted in the design of the first prototype. Already an experienced entrepreneur, Parpart was highly successful in marketing and selling her refrigerators. She attended multiple trade shows, developed her own advertising campaigns and managed the production operations, alongside her husband, of additional refrigerators.

Parpart's very detailed machine was one that combined to "produce a comparatively light-draft machine...to efficiently gather dirt from the street-surface regardless of inequalities and...finally deliver said dirt to a receptacle, where it is evenly distributed prelimanary to a discharge into waiting carts."

Parpart was a true female entrepreneur and gifted inventor.

Sources: Google and Womeninventors.weebly