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    How Secondhand Clothing Gave This Woman a Second Chance

    Rita Cortese risked everything for her Plato's Closet franchise.
    by Gwen Moran Jan 01, 2016 2 minutes
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    Rita Cortese
    Image Credit: Illustration by Alexandra Compain-Tossier

    Rita Cortese was a divorced single mother struggling to make ends meet as a full-time insurance underwriter. Wracked with concern about raising her 2-year-old daughter, she sought a career change that would give her more

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