▁female ▁professor ▁of ▁elect rical ▁engineering ▁in ▁the ▁country . ▁She ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁deliver ▁a ▁paper ▁at ▁the ▁American ▁Institute ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁Engine ers , ▁the ▁first ▁female ▁engineer ▁whose ▁professional ▁standing ▁was ▁recognized ▁by ▁T au ▁B eta ▁Pi , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁named ▁as ▁a ▁Fellow ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Institute ▁of ▁Elect rical ▁Engine ers . ▁She ▁special ized ▁in ▁elect rical ▁power ▁system ▁analysis ▁and ▁wrote ▁Circ uit ▁Analysis ▁of ▁A - C ▁Power ▁Systems . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁One ▁of ▁nine ▁children , ▁Ed ith ▁Clar ke ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁lawyer ▁John ▁R id g ely ▁Clar ke ▁and ▁Susan ▁Dor sey ▁O w ings ▁on ▁February ▁ 1 0 , ▁ 1 8 8 3 , ▁in ▁Howard ▁County , ▁Maryland . ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁or phan ed ▁at ▁age ▁ 1 2 , ▁she ▁was ▁raised ▁by ▁an ▁older ▁sister . ▁She ▁used ▁her ▁inheritance ▁to ▁study ▁mathematics ▁and ▁astronom y ▁at ▁V ass ar ▁College , ▁where ▁she ▁graduated ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁ ▁After ▁college , ▁Clar ke ▁taught ▁mathematics ▁and ▁physics ▁at ▁a ▁private ▁school ▁in ▁San ▁Francisco ▁and ▁at ▁Marshall ▁College . ▁She ▁then ▁spent ▁some ▁time ▁studying ▁civil ▁engineering ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Wisconsin – Mad ison , ▁but ▁left ▁to ▁become ▁a ▁" comput er " ▁at ▁AT & T ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 2 . ▁She ▁computed ▁for ▁George ▁Campbell , ▁who ▁applied ▁mathematical ▁methods ▁to ▁the ▁problems ▁of