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- ↑ "Richmond German presents debutantes". Richmond Times-Dispatch. January 21, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ↑ "New York Girls at Richmond Ball – First Monday German at the Virginia Capital Attended by Many Debutantes – Dinner Precedes Dance – Misses Cecil, Grosvenor, Oates and Kelsey Make Up This City's Contingent". December 13, 1938. p. 29. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
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- ↑ "Debutante Society". www.wfae.org.