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- ↑ Paietta, Ann C. (28 November 2014). Teachers in the Movies: A Filmography of Depictions of Grade School, Preschool and Day Care Educators, 1890s to the Present. McFarland Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 9781476620343.
- ↑ Menefee, David W. (2004). The First Female Stars: Women of the Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 110. ISBN 9780275982591.