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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Norgren, Jill. (2013). Rebels at the bar : the fascinating, forgotten stories of America's first women lawyers. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-5863-2. OCLC 827947201.
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