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- ↑ Muscatine, Alison (6 April 1984). "The Real Edythe Harrison Stands Up in Virginia Race" . Retrieved 7 April 2017– via washingtonpost.com.
- ↑ "The Library of Virginia - Virginia Women in History 2010" . Retrieved 7 April 2017.
