[4] Having divorced Carter by 1918, she married Joseph D. Furman, a Pullman porter for the New York Central Railroad.

[5] After training in New York City, she returned to Richmond in 1921 and began designing houses for locals.

As an African-American woman she experienced discrimination in the architecture community, as local bureaucrats refused to accept her as the architect of record on her own projects.

[3] Over time, this informal education allowed Bailey to take on some of the drafting duties for her father's business.

Furman briefly attended Armstrong High School in Richmond, Virginia before her family moved to Philadelphia.