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- 1 2 O'Leary, Chandler; Spring, Jessica (2016). Dead feminists : historic heroines in living color. Seattle, WA: Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1632170576.
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- ↑ "ANCHORED". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
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