[1] Parker went to law school at the University of Washington, from which she graduated in 1903 as the only woman in the class.
[1] In addition to practicing law, Parker taught political economics and government at Broadway High School.
[1] She drafted a recall law and led a campaign for it to be adopted by Seattle city council as a charter amendment, eventually leading to the recall of Mayor Hiram Gill, who was accused of condoning gambling.
[5][6] It was noted by the media that Parker drafted the law and had it adopted before women acquired the right to vote.
[5] Parker married Charles Enoch Allen Bennett in 1921; the couple honeymooned in Siberia.