Question

edith clarke (1883 - 1959)
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1 born in the nineteenth century when women of a certain social class
were not expected to work, edith clarke broke free of binding stereotypes
to join the cutting edge of the information revolution of the twentieth
century. as an electrical engineer for general electric (ge), clarke spent
twenty years improving power systems. then, as a professor at the
university of texas at austin, clarke wrote a textbook that became the
standard of her field. her story is an inspiration for women in a field still
dominated by men.
2 on february 10, 1883, edith clarke was born on a four - hundred acre
farm about three miles from ellicott city in howard county, maryland. as
a child, she was sent to briarley hall, a boarding school for girls in
montgomery county, maryland.
3 after graduation, edith returned home. against the advice of her
family and friends, edith decided to use a small inheritance to attend
vassar college. as a member of the first generation of women in america
to attend college in serious numbers, edith was an oddity at home, but
found many kindred spirits upon arriving at vassar. she began when she
was eighteen, threw herself into the pleasures of co - ed life, majored in
math and astronomy, and graduated phi beta kappa in 1908. after
graduation, edith taught school, first at a private institution in san
francisco, then at marshall college in huntington, west virginia.
however, teaching was not quite the profession edith had in mind, so she
began casting about for something else to do.
4 in the fall of 1911, edith clarke enrolled at the university of wisconsin
as a civil engineering student. while she already had a degree, she was
classified as an undergraduate for her course work. edith quickly re -
embraced college life; she joined the sorority kappa kappa gamma and
won a tennis championship in womens doubles. the summer after her
first year, edith took a job that changed her life. she worked as a
\computer assistant\ to dr. george campbell at at&t in boston. while
she had planned to return to wisconsin to finish her program, edith found
the work so interesting that she stayed on for six years, training and
directing a group of computers. she eventually enrolled in the electrical
engineering program at the massachusetts institute of technology (mit).
select the correct text in the passage.
which detail from the paragraph supports the inference that clarke had fewer professional opportunities because she was female?
5 degree in hand, clarke began to look for permanent work as an electrical engineer. unfortunately, she was unable to find an engineering position,
so she settled in at general electric (ge) as a \computor.\ there she worked in a separate womens division within the turbine engineering
department, training and supervising women who calculated the mechanical stresses in turbines. while working at general electric (ge), she filed
for her first patent, for a graphical calculator used to solve electric power transmission line computations. frustrated that she was not a salaried
engineer at ge, clarke took time off for a position at constantinople womens college in turkey in 1921. there, she combined her love of travel with
the more practical work of teaching physics to eager young women. when her contract ended, she took four months to travel in europe, spending
lime in austria, germany, holland, and england. in 1922, clarke returned to general electric and, at the age of thirty - nine, finally got a full - time
position as an electrical engineer. she found the work so compelling that she stayed until retirement in 1945

Explanation:

The text "Unfortunately, she was unable to find an engineering position, so she settled in at General Electric (GE) as a 'computor.' There she worked in a separate women's division within the Turbine Engineering Department" shows that due to her gender (as she was placed in a women - specific division and couldn't get the engineering job she wanted initially), Clarke had fewer professional opportunities.

Answer:

"Unfortunately, she was unable to find an engineering position, so she settled in at General Electric (GE) as a 'computor.' There she worked in a separate women's division within the Turbine Engineering Department"