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- ↑ the Kentucky Quilt Project. "Why Quilts Matter" (PDF). Why Quilts Matters. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Why Quilts Matter: History, Art & Politics - Interview: Shelly Zegart for LEO". www.whyquiltsmatter.org. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
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