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- Pacific Society for the Suppression of Vice Annual Report (1900)
- The San Francisco Examiner January 10, 1903
- 1 2 Woman's Home Missionary Society Records, 1910-1913.
- 1 2 3 4 Apt Geer, Lucy. "Lucy W. Hayes and The Woman's Home Missionary Society". Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library and Museums. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
- ↑ "Lucy Webb Hayes and Her Influence Upon Her Era - Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums". Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. Retrieved 2016-12-01.
- ↑ "Methodist Oriental home is dedicated by the Bishop: historical facts". cdnc.ucr.edu. San Francisco Call, Volume 87, Number 48, 18 July 1901. Retrieved 22 October 2022.