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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkGeraldine Anne FERRARO
(1935-2011)
FERRARO, Geraldine Anne, a
Representative from New York; born in Newburgh, Orange County,
N.Y., August 26, 1935; graduated from Marymount School, Tarrytown,
N.Y., 1952; B.A., Marymount College, New York, N.Y., 1956; J.D.,
Fordham University School of Law, New York, N.Y., 1960; lawyer,
private practice; assistant district attorney, Queens County, N.Y.,
1974-1978; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the two
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1985); was not a
candidate for reelection to the Ninety-ninth Congress in 1984, but
was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President of the
United States; fellow of the Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy
School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.,
1988-1992; president, International Institute for Women’s
Political Leadership; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the
United States Senate in 1992 and 1998; permanent member, United
Nations Commission on Human Rights, 1993-1996; died on March 26,
2011, in Boston, Mass.
Bibliography
Ferraro, Geraldine A., with Linda Bird Francke. Ferraro: My
Story. New Edition. Foreword by Marie C. Wilson. Evanston, IL:
Northwestern University Press, 2004.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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