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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women
Yip Harburg
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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
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Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
Emancipation
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Gotta
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Eagle
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