Ms. Ferraro- an inspiration to many

It was very impressive to see Ms. Ferraro navigate the 1984 election. The fact that she and Mondale lost shows the short-term thinking of the voting public.

Geraldine A. Ferraro, First Woman on Major Party Ticket, Dies at 75 - NYTimes.com: "Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who strode onto a podium in 1984 to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president and to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party, died Saturday in Boston."