Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Ferraro
Geraldine Anne Ferrarowas an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician, and a member of the United States House of Representatives. In 1984, she was the first female vice presidential candidate representing a major American political party...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 August 1935
CityNewburgh, NY
CountryUnited States of America
country hard-work blessing
The promise of our country is that the rules are fair. If you work hard and play by the rules, you can earn your share of America's blessings. Those are the beliefs I learned from my parents.
running thinking people
You don't deliberately submit people you love to something like that. I don't think I'd run again for vice-president. Next time I'd run for president.
confusing modern-life life-is
Modern life is confusing no "Ms take" about it.
morning guy presidential
When a guy gets elected to the Senate or the governor's mansion, he wakes up the next morning and says to himself, 'You're presidential material,'
country racist sexist
It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.
female tough members
You had to be tough to be a female member of Congress.
cancer lucky persons
I have been extremely lucky; I am a person who is currently living with a cancer that is under control.
aggravation trials lawyer
I was a trial lawyer when I was elected to Congress.
funny-inspirational long-ago snacks
It was not so very long ago that people thought that semiconductors were part-time orchestra leaders and microchips were very small snack foods.
prayer office kind
My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.
husband team kids
What are my sources of strength? My husband and my three kids, my health-care team, and my religion.
believe lines introducing
And it was, it was not beating George Bush, believe it or not, the bottom line as far as I was concerned was introducing to the public who Gerry Ferraro was.
thinking debate
But I do think its necessary to have debates.
mistake goes-on congress
But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.