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- ↑ Madrid Paez, S. (1923). Sociedad de Beneficencia de la Capital. Su mision y sus obras. 1823-1932. Buenos Aires: Talleres Graficos del Asilo de Huerfanos.
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- Laura Susana Golbert & Emilia Eugenia Roca, De la Sociedad de Beneficencia a los Derechos Sociales, primera edición. Buenos Aires, Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social, 2010. ISBN 978-987-25026-2-1 (print) ISBN 978-987-25026-2-1 (web pdf)