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- ↑ "Class notes: 1925". Connecticut College Alumnae News. June 1961. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Four Sisters of Alumnae In Class of 1933". Connecticut College Alumnae News. Vol. 7, no. 1. November 1929. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Votes for A Woman: Sara Buek Crawford". Connecticut History. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Class notes: 1925". Connecticut College Alumnae News. August 1967. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
- ↑ "Class notes: In memoriam". Connecticut College Alumni Magazine. 1983. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
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