Geraldine Ferraro

Geraldine Ferraro (Newburgh, Orange County, N.Y., August 26, 1935 - March 26, 2011, in Boston, Mass.^[1]) was an American politician. She ran for Vice President in the 1984 US Presidential Election with Walter Mondale. She was the first woman to be a major party vice-presidential nominee. Mondale and Ferraro lost to Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, who won their second term. She was also a member of and politician from the Democratic Party. She served as a Congresswoman from New York, representing Queens in the 96th-98th Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985^[1]). Ferraro was also an attorney, assistant District Attorney^[1] and teacher. Ferraro was a permanent member of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, from 1993 to 1996^[1]

She died from multiple myeloma^[1] (a type of cancer), twelve years after being diagnosed.^[2]

Geraldine Ferraro Media

Ferraro lived in this building in Newburgh until she was ten.
Ferraro meeting with President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1978
Ferraro and her family lived in this house in Forest Hills Gardens, Queens, during her time in the House of*Representatives, her vice-presidential campaign, and until the early 2000s.
As with many representatives, Ferraro issued regular newsletters to her constituents.
Ferraro delivering her vice presidential nomination acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic National Convention
Governor Dukakis with Boston Mayor Raymond Flynn and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Geraldine Ferraro campaigning in the 1984 presidential election.
Representative Ferraro and Vice President George H. W. Bush at the 1984 vice presidential debate

Related pages

Ferraro, Geraldine A., with Linda Bird Francke. Ferraro: My Story. New Edition. Foreword by Marie C. Wilson. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press, 2004.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Biographical directory of the United States Congress
↑ Woo, Elaine (March 26, 2011). Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75; shattered political barrier for women as vice presidential nominee in 1984. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-geraldine-ferraro-20110327,0,4731433,full.story. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

This short article about a person from the United States can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[bioguide.congress.gov-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Biographical directory of the United States Congress

[2] Woo, Elaine (March 26, 2011). Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75; shattered political barrier for women as vice presidential nominee in 1984. http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-geraldine-ferraro-20110327,0,4731433,full.story. Retrieved March 26, 2011.

[1]

[2]