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- ↑ GoNU.com Hall of Fame Profile
- ↑ Bryn Mawr College Calendar 1979-80, p. 7. https://archive.org/details/brynmawrcalendar7172bryn?q=anne+lee+delano Accessed 21 November 2016.
- ↑ Wellesley College Bulletin, 1950. http://repository.wellesley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1048&context=catalogs Accessed 21 November 2016.
- ↑ Vassar Chronicle, Volume XI, Number 8, 14 November 1953 http://news.hrvh.org/veridian/cgi-bin/senylrc/?a=d&d=vcchro19531114.2.25&cl=&srpos=0&st=0&e=-------en-20--1-----txt-txIN------- Accessed 21 November 2016.
- ↑ Bryn Mawr College Athletics Award Program 2015. http://athletics.brynmawr.edu/general/2014-15/AthleticsAwardsProgram2015.pdf Accessed 21 November 2016.
- ↑ https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?ContentID=9375%5B%5D