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- ↑ Enicks-Knissr, Lori Lynn (April 2014). "The Lady from Seward" – Minnie J. Grinstead, the First Woman Elected to the Kansas House of Representatives (PDF) (M.A. thesis). Emporia State University.
- ↑ "Rep. Nellie Cline". Kansas State Library. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "Nellie Cline Steenson Obiturary". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "Nellie Cline". Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "Nellie Cline Steenson Obiturary". Idaho State Journal. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "1921 Kansas House Journal". State of Kansas. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ↑ "1923 Kansas House Journal". State of Kansas. Retrieved 2019-12-28.