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Mar 27, 2011 · NEW: Mondale calls Ferraro a "gutsy pioneer". President Obama describes Ferraro as a political "trailblazer". She was the first female vice presidential candidate from a major U.S. political party ...
Nov 24, 2009 · Walter Mondale, the leading Democratic presidential candidate, announces that he has chosen Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York as his running mate. Ferraro became the first female vice ...
Mar 26, 2011 · Geraldine Ferraro, the Democratic congresswoman who became the first woman on a major party presidential ticket as Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984, died on Saturday at the age of 75, her ...
Geraldine Ferraro’s surname is derived from the Italian word for iron. As the first woman nominated by a national party for vice president of the United States, Ferraro, through the graceful force of her will, helped place a new generation of women on equal—and more secure—footing with their male counterparts, not only in politics but in ...
Mar 26, 2011 · Geraldine Anne Ferraro was born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Aug. 26, 1935. Her father ran a nightclub, but Ms. Ferraro did not know until she ran for vice president that he had been arrested in 1944 and ...
Mar 26, 2011 · Geraldine A. Ferraro, who rose from a U.S congressional seat in Queens to a place in history as the first woman to run on a major party national ticket for vice president, has died. She was 75.
Mar 26, 2011 · Geraldine Anne Ferraro was born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Aug. 26, 1935. Her father ran a nightclub, but Ms. Ferraro did not know until she ran for vice president that he had been arrested in 1944 and ...
