[2] She attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, studying under Philip Leslie Hale, Thomas Anshutz, Emil Carlsen, Robert Vonnoh, and Cecilia Beaux.

[1] In 1917 Barker was included in the Philadelphia Ten's inaugural exhibition.

[1][3] In 1922 Barker married Howard Fussell with whom she had three children.

[3] After her children began school she resumed painting, specializing in still lifes, landscapes, and portraits.

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