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Ferraro, Geraldine Anne (fərär`ō), 1935–, American political leader, b. New York City. A Democrat from Queens, she served three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–85). In 1984, as Walter Mondale Mondale, Walter Frederick (Fritz Mondale), 1928–, Vice President of the United States (1977–81), b. Ceylon, Minn., LL.B., Univ. of Minn., 1956. A liberal Democrat, he was active in the Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party and served as state attorney general ..... Click the link for more information. 's running mate, she became the first woman nominated for the vice-presidency by a major party. Allegations concerning her husband's business connections and questions about their tax returns were raised during the unsuccessful campaign, and these surfaced again in her narrow defeat in the 1992 Democratic senate primary. After a period as a television commentator and U.S. representative on the UN Human Rights commission, she again ran for the senate and lost (1998) the primary. BibliographySee her memoirs, Ferraro, My Story (1985). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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