Edith Clarke

Biography

Edith Clarke was the first woman to earn a Master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT, the first female professionally employed electrical engineer in the United States, and the first female professor of electrical engineering in the country. She invented the Clarke calculator, a graphical device that solved equations involving electric current, and her textbook on power systems was widely used for decades.

伊迪丝·克拉克是第一位从MIT获得电气工程硕士学位的女性，美国第一位被专业雇用的女性电气工程师，也是美国第一位电气工程女性教授。她发明了克拉克计算器——一种解决电流方程的图形设备，她的电力系统教科书被广泛使用了几十年。

Key Achievements

• First woman with an EE Master's from MIT

  第一位从MIT获得电气工程硕士学位的女性

• First female electrical engineering professor in the U.S.

  美国第一位女性电气工程教授

• Invented the Clarke calculator

  发明了克拉克计算器

References & Citations

1. Wikipedia: Edith Clarke — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Clarke
2. IEEE History Center