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- ↑ Marilyn Ogilvie; Joy Harvey, eds. (2003). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 763. ISBN 978-1-135-96342-2.
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