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- ↑ Tucker, Sherrie. "Sherrie Tucker Bio – Education". University of Kansas . Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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- ↑ "Women Who Rock Oral History Archive ::Sherrie Tucker". content.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
