@article{1562262,
      recid = {1562262},
      author = {Lower, Jan, and Reagan, Susan,},
      title = {The brilliant calculator : how mathematician Edith Clarke  helped electrify America /},
      pages = {40 unnumbered pages :},
      abstract = {"Long before calculators were invented, little Edith  Clarke devoured numbers, conquered calculations, cracked  puzzles, and breezed through brainteasers. Edith wanted to  be an engineer-to use the numbers she saw all around her to  help build America. When she grew up, no one would hire a  woman engineer. But that didn't stop Edith from following  her passion and putting her lightning-quick mind to the  problem of electricity. But the calculations took so long!  Always curious, Edith couldn't help thinking of better ways  to do things. She constructed a "calculator" from paper  that was ten times faster than doing all that math by hand!  Her invention won her a job, making her the first woman  electrical engineer in America. And because Edith shared  her knowledge with others, her calculator helped electrify  America, bringing telephones and light across the  nation"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1562262},
}