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- ↑ Palmer, Laura; Carolyn Jessop (2007). Escape. New York: Broadway Books. ISBN 978-0-7679-2756-7.
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- ↑ Ng, Christina. "Arizona Former Child Bride 'Escapes' FLDS Community With Children". January 23, 2013. ABC News (20/20). Retrieved 16 August 2013.
- ↑ Musser, Rebecca (2013). The Witness Wore Red: The 19th Wife Who Brought Polygamous Cult Leaders to Justice. Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-1455527854.
- ↑ Solomon, Dorothy Allred (1984). In My Father's House: An Autobiography of Dorothy Allred Solomon. New York: Franklin Watts. ISBN 0-531-09763-3.
- ↑ Schmidt, Susan Ray (2009). Favorite Wife: Escape from Polygamy. Lyons Press. ISBN 978-1599214948.
- 1 2 "Lifting the Veil of Polygamy Participant Biographies". Main Street Church of Brigham City. MSCBC. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
- ↑ Irene Spencer (2007). Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife (Center Street, ISBN 1-59995-719-1).