THE VFA PIONEER HISTORIES PROJECT
Monica Getz
May 19, 1934 – January 5, 2025
“Westchester NOW were wonderful women. Every single one of them I remember with fondness. I became their poster child of the injustice in the court system that they had all experienced.”
Member of Westchester and Albany NOW. Founded The National Coalition for Family Justice, a grassroots, gender neutral, nonprofit organization in 1988.
Interviewed by Noreen Connell, February 2024
Photo. Betty Ford and Monica Getz.
More About Monica:
- Obituary
- Obituary, New York Times
- Monica Getz welcomes guests to the Veteran Feminists of America and Coalition for Family Justice Salute to Family Justice Lawyers, Judges & Activists event, Irvington, NY June 1995.
- The Jake Feinberg Show
- Monica Getz, dedicated alumna launched Minnesota model in Sweden, 2013
- “Service to Others Defines Monica Getz,” by Robert Kimmel, Hudson Independent, October 2016
- Monica Getz, July, 2007
- The National Coalition for Family Justice website