Peg Yorkin (April 16, 1927 – June 25, 2023) was an American feminist activist, philanthropist, and fundraiser.
[3] An only child of a Catholic father and Jewish mother, Yorkin was raised in neither religion and described herself as "no believer".
Her father's alcoholism negated his career as a cinematographer for legendary filmmaker D.W. Griffith and forced the family to live "on the kindness of my mother's relatives."
[10][11] Yorkin spoke at the Feminist Expo 2000 at the Baltimore Convention Center,[12] and also produced live theater in Los Angeles.
[8] Yorkin was criticized by Bitch magazine for saying in 2009, in regard to Roman Polanski, "My personal thoughts are let the guy go.