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Title: Geraldine Ferraro, 1st woman VP candidate, dead at 75 Post by: San on March 26, 2011, 02:37:29 PM (http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/03/26/news/photos_stories/ferraro131304.jpg)
Geraldine Ferraro, 1st woman VP candidate, dead at 75 AP Last Updated: 1:24 PM, March 26, 2011 Posted: 12:24 PM, March 26, 2011 BOSTON — Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket, only to lose in a landslide, died today. She was 75. Ferraro died at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was being treated for blood cancer. She died just before 10 a.m., said Amanda Fuchs Miller, a family friend who worked for Ferraro in her 1998 Senate bid and was acting as a spokeswoman for the family. Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/geraldine_ferraro_dead_at_ynHxcCDpyx1v5VQm8hsmPM#ixzz1HjRy08Bf <SNIPPING> ::snipping2:: |