#onthisday in 1935 Geraldine Ferraro was born in #newburgh #NewYork. A 3-term #Congresswoman from #queens she was plucked out of obscurity by #waltermondale to be the first #female major #PoliticalParty #candidate for #vicepresident of the #usa in 1984. A #financial scandal involving her husband’s business doomed her #campaign and #career. She never won another #election. She died in 2011. #history #histodons #newyorkcity #nyc #otd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro
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I’m a self-styled pragmatic progressive who gets things done and political junkie — not for the horse race, but for action. Some of my heroes include…
#HillaryClinton
#TammyBaldwin
#PattyMurrary
#KirstenGillibrand
#KamalaHarris
#BarneyFrank
#MazieHirono
#JaredPolis
#NancyPelosi
#GretchenWhitmer
#PatriciaTodd
#LaurenUnderwood
#ShariceDavids
#PeteButtigieg
#LucyBaxley
#GeraldineFerraro
#AnnRichards
#ShirleyChisholm
#FrancesPerkins
#EleanorRoosevelt
#FDR
#WalterMondale
#PatsyMink
#RBG
#hillaryclinton #tammybaldwin #pattymurrary #kirstengillibrand #KamalaHarris #barneyfrank #maziehirono #jaredpolis #nancypelosi #gretchenwhitmer #patriciatodd #laurenunderwood #sharicedavids #petebuttigieg #lucybaxley #geraldineferraro #annrichards #shirleychisholm #francesperkins #eleanorroosevelt #fdr #waltermondale #patsymink #RBG