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- ↑ Rahmanan, Anna (2021-12-16). "A new monument honoring journalist Nellie Bly is now on Roosevelt Island". Time Out New York. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ Smith, Rachel Holliday (2019-07-11). "Nellie Bly Memorial in Works for Site of Asylum She Probed". The City. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ↑ "Lighthouse Park". www.tclf.org. The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
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