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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ Babb, Florence E. (November 15, 2001). After Revolution: Mapping Gender and Cultural Politics in Neoliberal Nicaragua. University of Texas Press. ISBN 978-0-292-70900-3.
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The continued support from AFA presidents Florence Babb, Cheryl Rodriguez, and Dorothy Hodgson, as well as VOICES editors Sue Hyatt and Amy Harper, has been invaluable.
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