Education
She graduated with a Bachelor of Surgery in engineering from the University of Utah and an Master of Surgery in industrial engineering from Columbia University.
She graduated with a Bachelor of Surgery in engineering from the University of Utah and an Master of Surgery in industrial engineering from Columbia University.
In 1978, Blade was featured in Chair: The current state of the art, with the who, the why, and the what of it by Peter Bradford and Barbara Prete with a chapter titled "Physical Forces and Damages, Your Sitting Behavior, Move.".
At the time of her appointment as a professor, Blade was "the only woman on the Cooper Union engineering faculty (where she initially taught drawing, mathematics and design) and one of few women on any engineering faculty in the United States." Blade was also an avid and accomplished mountain climber. In 1980, the Engineering Design Graphics Division of the American Society for Engineering Education awarded Blade its Distinguished Service Award.