Geraldine A. Ferraro, First Woman on Major Party Ticket, Dies at 75
Posted on March 26th, 2011 by MoverMike
The NYT has just reported that
Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in 1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was 75.
The cause was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood ancer that she had battled for 12 years, her family said in a statement.
The day is near that we will see a woman president or vice-president. It’s about time!
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