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HEAR US Virtual Tour. In: State House Women’s Leadership Project. Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, archiviert vom Original am 5. März 2019; abgerufen am 19. August 2023.
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Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin. In: State House Women's Leadership Project. Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, archiviert vom Original am 9. Mai 2008; abgerufen am 17. August 2023.
HEAR US Virtual Tour. In: State House Women’s Leadership Project. Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities, archiviert vom Original am 5. März 2019; abgerufen am 19. August 2023.