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- ↑ Chedgzoy, Kate (2007). Women's writing in the British Atlantic world : memory, place and history, 1550-1700. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1107405912. OCLC 190861140.
- ↑ Early modern women poets, (1520-1700) : an anthology . Stevenson, Jane, 1959-, Davidson, Peter, 1957-. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2001. ISBN 0199242577. OCLC 45350260.CS1 maint: others (link)
- ↑ The biographical dictionary of Scottish women from the earliest times to 2004. Ewan, Elizabeth., Innes, Sue., Reynolds, Sian. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 2006. ISBN 0748617132. OCLC 367680960.CS1 maint: others (link)
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