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- ↑ Gingerich, Melvin. "Sewing Circle". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Herald Press. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- 1 2 Gingerich, Melvin and Barbara K. Reber. "Women's Missionary and Service Commission (Mennonite Church)". Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Herald Press. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
- ↑ Koch, Alice; Lorna Bergey (September 1995). "The Mennonite Cutting Room at Kitchener: Women Active in Mennonite Central Committee Relief Programs". Ontario Mennonite History. XIII (2). Retrieved 6 February 2012.