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We gotta be free - The eagle and me. see Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Emancipation of Women

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Yip Harburg
Age: 84 †
Born: 1896
Born: April 8
Died: 1981
Died: March 5
Composer
Lyricist
Poet
Screenwriter
Songwriter
Edgar Yipsel Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel Harburg
E. Y. Harburg
Isidore Hochberg
Bloomer
Amelia
Eagle
Emancipation
Eagles
Gotta
Free
Women

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