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- 1 2 Julia Hardin. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League . Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ↑ "Macon Lass Among Returning Veterans Playing in All-American Girl's League". The Macon Telegraph. 1 May 1946. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
- ↑ All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Record Book. – W. C. Madden. Publisher: McFarland & Company. Format: Paperback, 294pp. Language: English. ISBN 0-7864-3747-2
- ↑ Before A League of Their Own. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum