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Brilliant Calculator, The: How Mathematician Edith Clarke Helped Electrify America
Jan Lower
Illustrator: Susan Reagan
Ages: 9+
Published: 2023
Publisher: Calkins Creek/Astra BFYR/Astra Publishing House
ISBN: 978-1-66268-006-9
Keywords: science, electricity, women's rights, engineer, mathematics
Despite gender discrimination in the fields of science and math in the early 20th century, Clarke became the first female electrical engineer in the United States. Creative illustrations infused with mathematical equations. Rich back matter.