Complex sentence: Edith Clarke (10 February 1883--29 October 1959) was the first female electrical engineer and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin-the first female professor of electrical engineering.
Split into simpler sentences: Edith Clarke (10 February 1883--29 October 1959) was an electrical engineer and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. She was the first woman employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, as well as the country's first female professor of electrical engineering.