She's very arrogant. Team As maneuvering helped Ferraro become the first woman Democratic platform committee chair, tasked with wrangling her partys factions into articulating a single policy vision for the election. In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro made history as the first woman to run for Vice President on a major party ticket alongside Democratic candidate Walter Mondale (via Time ). In 1984, former vice president and presidential candidate Walter Mondale, seen as an underdog, selected Ferraro to be his running mate in the upcoming election. [35] Her Italian heritage also appealed to ethnic residents in the district. And the country is caught up in the concept. [77] Ferraro said the statements proved overall that she had nothing to hide and that there had been no financial wrongdoing. [29] She also served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee[1] and the Post Office and Civil Service Committee,[41] both of which allowed Ferraro to push through projects to benefit her district. One can't even award that level of "true" myopia to Geraldine Ferraro. [28] She became president of the newly established International Institute for Women's Political Leadership in 1989. Geraldine Ferraro Dies at 75 | PBS NewsHour Ferraro, whod once confessed her weak spot was foreign policy, would be going toe-to-toe with the current vice president, ex-CIA director and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, George H.W. [126] Ferraro drew renewed attacks during the primary campaign from the media and her opponents over Zaccaro's finances and business relationships. [200][205] Ferraro criticized the media's scrutiny of Palin's background and family as gender-based and saw parallels with how she was treated by the media during her own run;[200][206] a University of Alabama study also found that media framing of Ferraro and Palin was similar and often revolved around their nominations being political gambles. In public, NOW pushed the idea, asking the six Democrats vying for the nomination at their national conference in the fall of 1983 whether theyd appoint a woman as their second-in-command, and the idea snared the medias attention. In 1978 she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she rose rapidly in the party hierarchy while focusing on legislation to bring equity for women in the areas of wages, pensions, and retirement plans.
