STEM Fatale Podcast

Episode 019 - Edith Clarke | Electrical Engineer

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Alternate Title: She's Electric! Boogie woogie, woogie!

Emma tells Emlyn about the first female electrical engineer and National Inventor's Hall of Famer, Dr. Edith Clarke, and Emlyn tells Emma about the science of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford! 

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Sources

Main Story - Edith Clarke

  1. From Computer to Electrical Engineer: The Remarkable Career of Edith Clarke by James Brittain (1985): https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4321775
  • Clarke’s patent for the Clark Calculator: https://patents.google.com/patent/US1552113A/en 
  • Short biography of Edith Clarke by General Electric: https://www.ge.com/reports/edith-clarke-mother-of-invention/ 
  • Archived NY Times article about Edith’s first talk before the AIEE: https://www.nytimes.com/1926/02/09/archives/woman-addresses-electrical-institute-miss-edith-clarke-the-only-one.html 

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    “Work” by Rihanna

    “Mary Anning” by Artichoke

     

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