Archives of Maryland
(Biographical Series)

Edith Clarke (1883-1959)
MSA SC 3520-14065

Sources:

Primary Sources -

Books -

Clarke, Edith. Circuit Analysis of A-C Power Systems. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1943.

Journal articles -

Clarke, Edith. "Transmission Line Calculator," General Electric Review, June 1923.

Clarke, Edith. "Simplified Transmission Line Calculations," General Electric Review, May 1926.

Clarke, Edith. "Steady-State Stability in Transmission Systems," American Institute of Electrical Engineers' Transactions, 1926.

Clarke, Edith. "Three-Phase Multiple-Conductor Circuits," American Institute of Electrical Engineers' Transactions, 1932.

Clarke, Edith. "Determination of Voltage and Currents During Unbalanced Faults," General Electric Review, 1937.

Clarke, Edith. "Stability Limitations of Long-Distance Alternating-Current Power Transmission Systems," American Institute of Electrical Engineers' Transactions, 1941.

Secondary Sources -

Brittain, Dr. James E. "From Computor to Electrical Engineer -- the Remarkable Career of Edith Clarke." IEEE Transactions on Education, Vol. E28, No. 4, Nov. 1985.

Canel, Annie et. al.  Crossing Boundaries, Building Bridges: Comparing the History of Women Engineers, 1870s-1990s.  Amsterdam: Harwood Academic, 2000.

Goff, Alice C., Women Can Be Engineers. Edwards Brothers Inc: Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1946. pp. 51-65.

Gusen, Aaron."Looking Back: Edith Clarke." IEEE Potentials, Feb. 1994.

Kass-Simon, G. and Patricia Farnes, eds., Women of Science. Indiana University Press: Bloomington, Indiana, 1990. pp. 164-168.

Oldenziel, Ruth.  Making Technology Masculine: Men Women and Machines in America, 1870-1945.  Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 1999.

Stanley, Autumn, Mothers and Daughters of Invention: Notes for a Revised History of Technology. The Scarecrow Press, Inc.: Metuchen, New Jersey, 1993. pp.55-56, 634, 636-637.

On-line sources -

Faculty Council.  "In Memoriam: Edith Clarke."  The Universtiy of Texas at Austin.  http://www.utexas.edu/faculty/council/2000-2001/memorials/AMR/Clarke/clarke.html.

Hoffman, Mary Ann.  "Women's History Month: Edith Clarke."  IEEE History Center.  October 8, 2002.  http://www.ieee.org/organizations/history_center/clarke.html.

IEEE.  "Edith Clarke."  IEEE Virtual Museum.  http://www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/people.php?taid=&id=1234747&lid=1.

Iowa State University.  Archives of Women in Science and Engineering.  http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/wise/wise.html.

Liu, Yilu.  "Edith Clarke: A Calculating Woman."  Virtual Museum of Virginia Tech.  http://www.ee.vt.edu/~museum/women/clarke/index.html.

Maryland State Archives. Maryland Women's Hall of Fame. http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/educ/exhibits/womenshall/html/whfhome.html.

Yale University.  "Past Notable Women of Computing."  The Ada Project.  http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/tap/past-women-cs.html#Edith%20Clarke.

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