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- 1 2 Charlene Morrow and Teri Peri (eds), Notable Women in Mathematics, Greenwood Press, 1998, pp. 164-169.
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- ↑ "Four MHC Professor Celebrated". Mount Holyoke. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
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