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Geraldine Ferraro, First Lady VP Hopeful, Is Dead

Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman on a presidential ticket (with Walter Mondale), died at Massachusetts General Hospital surrounded by her family after suffering from blood cancer complications. She was 75.

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By: JD
On: Mar 26, 2011
Tagged: deaths, Geraldine Ferraro, walter mondale

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No. 1 · MoMan
RIP, Geri F. You were one classy lady.

Mar 26, 2011 at 2:32 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 2 · kate kinne
what about shirley chisholm?

Mar 26, 2011 at 2:46 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 3 · justiceontherocks
@kate kinne: Rep. Chisolm was the first woman to run for the Democratic nomination. Ferraro was the first woman on the ticket of either major party.

Mar 26, 2011 at 3:10 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 4 · Vito
Tonie Nathan ran as the vice-presidential candidate for the Libertarian party in 1972 and received an Electoral vote.

Mar 26, 2011 at 3:53 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 5 · christopher di spirito · Member · 1634 comments
Didn’t her vetting process run into problems because her husband had ties to the mob?

Mar 26, 2011 at 9:28 pm · @Reply · Flag
No. 6 · OrchidIslander
I sort of lost something for her when she insinuated that the only reason Obama won was because he was black. She somehow failed to notice – or comment upon – that the same could be said for Hilliary’s gender and performance. Understandable, I guess, for a staunch Clinton supporter.

An interesting woman, and a life well lived.

Mar 28, 2011 at 4:01 am · @Reply · Flag