VP Candidate Geraldine Ferraro Dies

Long before Sarah Palin or Hilary Clinton, there was a trailblazer for women in politics. Her name was Geraldine Ferraro!

We lost two female legends (Elizabeth Taylor & Geraldine Ferraro) all in the same week. Ferraro died in Boston Saturday morning and was the first woman to be nominated by a major party as a Vice President candidate.

During 1984, the three-term Congresswoman drew bigger crowds than the Democrat’s Presidential candidate,Walter Mondale. Although the Mondale-Ferraro ticket lost, she set the tone for women in politics.

She later taught law at Harvard, was appointed by President Bill Clinton to a position on the UN’s Human Rights Commission. she also co-hosted Crossfire on CNN.

Ferraro, 75, had been battling cancer the last two years.  Her spokesperson said she was surrounded by family when she died at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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