Edith, the first female engineer

Edith Clarke is the very first female engineer. Born in 1883, she created the Clarke calculator for graphing electrical properties. She used her inheritance from her deceased parents to attend college and study mathematics.

She created the Clarke calculator after graduating. Before that, problems were solved manually. Her invention saved a lot of time and effort. Despite her talents, it took her several attempts to finally be hired at General Electric to eventually become the first female engineer.

The American Institue of Electrical Engineers awarded her with the Best Regional Paper Prize and the Best National Paper Prize. She then became the first female professor of electrical engineering in America when she was hired at UT Austin.

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