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- ↑ Susan McGann, ‘Huxley, Margaret Rachel (1854–1940)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press 2004
- ↑ "Agnes-Karll". www.agnes-karll-schule.de. Retrieved 19 March 2022.
- ↑ Abel-Smith, Brian (1960). A History of the Nursing Profession. London: Heinemann. p. 81.
- ↑ "Editorial". British Journal of Nursing / The Nursing Record. 104 (2251). April 1956 – via RCN Historical Nursing Journals Collection, Female Forerunners Worldwide, Cengage Gale.