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- ↑ "Past ISBA Presidents - Illinois State Bar Association". www.isba.org.
- 1 2 3 https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/directories/women_trailblazers/bellows_interview_2.authcheckdam.pdf ABA Senior Lawyers Division Women Trailblazers in the Law - Oral History of the Honorable Carole Kamin Bellows - 2nd Interview (Nov 30, 2005)
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