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- 1 2 3 Report on Condition of Woman and Child-wage Earners in the United States. Washington DC: United States Bureau of Labor. 1911.
- ↑ Murray, Emmett; Bernard, Elaine (2011). The Lexicon of Labor. 9781458731647.
- ↑ "Labor Old Timers". The Dillon Tribune. September 19, 1902. Retrieved 25 February 2023.