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A Woman to Know: Susanna Valenti

A Woman to Know: Susanna Valenti

They formed a secret society just to be ... ordinary. — Murray Moss

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They formed a secret society just to be ... ordinary. — Murray Moss

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In the mid-1950s, Susanna and her wife bought 150 acres in the Catskills. Susanna was looking for a place to live out and proud as a transgender woman, and her wife Mary ran the town wig shop. They decided to turn their mountain hideaway into a secret resort…

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