Sue Perlgut is a

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who was a central figure in It's All Right To Be Woman Theatre, a women's theater collective founded in 1970 in New York City that operated without a director. Perlgut studied educational theatre and worked as a director, performer, playwright,

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maker, teacher,

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, and producer. Perlgut taught theater at Richmond College and in New York City.Cancer Resource Center. ''A Day of Renewal''. Workshop program. Retrieved December 2, 2018 http://www.crcfl.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Complete-Retreat-Registration-2018-jd.pdf She was one of the first people to suggest that women confess their abortions publicly, which led to the #

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movement. Owner: Close to Home Productions, CloseToHomeProductions.com Director: Women's Wisdom Project, facebook.com/WomensWisdomProject Director: It's All Right To Be Woman Theatre, ItsAllRightToBeWomanTheatre.com Director: Women Artists Have Their Say, WomenArtistsHaveTheirSay Director: Connie Cook, A Documentary, ConnieCookFilm.com

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