Donna Zaccaro Ullman....
Donna Zaccaro, Class of 1983
Abstract
In this interview, Donna Zaccaro, Brown University class of 1983, discusses her life on the campaign trail with her mother, Geraldine Ferraro – the first woman Vice Presidential nominee on a major party ticket; her path to becoming a documentarian; and the impeachment trial of United States President Donald Trump.
Zaccaro begins by sharing some family history.
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She describes her grandparents’ immigration to the United States from Italy, her parent’s upbringing, and her mother’s education and career, which included establishing the first ever Special Victims Bureau within the Queens County District Attorney’s Office in 1974.
Zaccaro then details her mother’s path towards the Democratic Vice-presidential nomination and the effect that experience had on their entire family. Zaccaro describes her father as particularly supportive of her mother as she entered public life, the challenges her mother faced as a woman lawyer and politician and those