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- 1 2 "UW-Green Bay lecture offers a look at poor women". University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- 1 2 Zella, Robbin. "Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit Domestic Tools Subject of Contemporary Art Exhibit AT Housatonic Museum of Art". Housatonic Community College. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
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- 1 2 "Beggars and Choosers: Motherhood Is Not a Class Privilege in America". Open Society Foundations: Movie Walls 9. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- ↑ "BEGGARS AND CHOOSERS: MOTHERHOOD IS NOT A CLASS PRIVILEGE IN AMERICA — PHOTOS OF MOTHERS AND CHILDREN ON THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY AT THE GODWIN-TERNBACK MUSEUM AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 27, 2008". The City University of New York: Queens College. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- 1 2 Solinger, Rickie (2008-09-11). "Interrupted Life: Incarcerated Mothers in the United States". NWSA Journal. 20 (2). The Johns Hopkins University Press: 25–26. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ Fowler-Decatur, Erika (2011-01-25). "Opening Reception for Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit on Thursday at the Handwerker Gallery". Intercom. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ↑ "Rickie Solinger to speak at Housatonic Museum of Art". The Bridgeport News. 2012-09-29. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
- ↑ "Catherine Prelinger Award". Coordinating Council for Women in History . Retrieved 12 March 2014.
