Christopher Mims on Nostr: Edith Clarke was the first woman in the U.S. to be an electrical engineer, played an ...
Edith Clarke was the first woman in the U.S. to be an electrical engineer, played an essential role in the build-out of our modern electrical grid, invented a widely-used calculator, graduated MIT in 1919, and designed the turbine system inside the Hoover Dam
We should thank her every time we flip on a light switch
https://spectrum.ieee.org/edith-clarke-modern-power-distribution 
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