Edelaine Harburg

Eddy quipped in an interview, after her marriage to Yip, that she'd never marry any man who hadn't written "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

notes

Caused a scandal among her fellow Hillel society students at the University of Michigan through her high heels, fur coats, and riding horses astride (learned in Texas at age 14). (2)

Citations

1. Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist By Harriet Hyman Alonso. Page 38, photo caption: Yip and Edelaine Gorney, who married in 1943, riding bikes, 1934.
2. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?: The Life of Composer Jay Gorney  By Sondra Gorney. Page 35
3. "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-29959-30529-98?cc=180... : accessed 18 Oct 2014), 005698935 > image 2567 of 2976.
4. Census:

• * Residence: 1920 -  Kent, Michigan, USA
• * Race: White
• * Ethnicity: American
• * note: niece
• * Updated from 1920 United States Federal Census by SmartCopy: Oct 18 2014, 21:41:38 UTC