Today she was put to rest. Last summer, at 11am on Thursday, August 26, I attended the Long Island City Post Office Dedication Ceremony – for only one reason. The building was being dedicating to one of the singular women leaders of our times, the Hon. Geraldine A. Ferraro. Her presence was electric.
Aravella Simotas with Gerry Ferraro and U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney.
Important women from America’s Democratic establishment were there in droves, including my own U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, as well as U.S. Congresswoman Jane Harman of California; Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly of Connecticut; Terry O’Neill, President of NOW; and Ellie Smeal, President of the Feminist Majority Foundation. Democratic stalwart Loula Loi Alafoyiannis and others sat in the packed audience.