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- ↑ https://resources.huygens.knaw.nl/vrouwenlexicon/lemmata/data/Harkema
- ↑ djr (2018-10-04). "Digitaal Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland". resources.huygens.knaw.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-02-13.