Geraldine Ferraro

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association with Mondale
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presidential election of 1984
- In United States: The Ronald Reagan administration
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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: Iowa State University - Archives of Women's Political Communication - Interview with Geraldine Ferraro - Nov. 2, 2010.	Gloria Lotha	Jan 08, 2025
	Add new Web site: American Civil Liberties Union - Geraldine Ferraro: Shaper of History.	Grace Young	Nov 13, 2024
	Added a banner to the women in politics collections page.	Mindy Johnston	Oct 08, 2024
	Revised the opening paragraph and added the documentary Paving the Way.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 30, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Aug 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: Independent - Geraldine Ferraro: Lawyer who made history as first woman vice-presidential candidate for a major US party.	Gloria Lotha	May 02, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Mar 22, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 01, 2024
	Add new Web site: United States House of Representatives - History, Art and Archives - Geraldine Anne Ferraro.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jan 27, 2023
	Add new Web site: Fordham University - The School of Law - Geraldine Ferraro.	Emily Rodriguez	Apr 18, 2019
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Jun 13, 2018
	Add new Web site: The New York Times - Obituary of Geraldine A. Ferraro.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 22, 2017
	Add new Web site: National Womens Hall of Fame - Biography of Geraldine Ferraro.	Aakanksha Gaur	Feb 22, 2017
	Media added.	John M. Cunningham	Jul 13, 2011
	Date and location of death added.	Michael Levy	Mar 26, 2011
	Article revised and updated.	Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer	Mar 19, 2008
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 11, 2002
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Dec 30, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 04, 1999