Geraldine Ferraro has died

[cali]

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[warrior1]

1. RIP

[Ohio Joe]

2. RIP - nt

[SoCalDem]

3. She'd been ill for a long time.. RIP Geri ..n/t

[femrap]

10. I didn't know that....

so sad. I saw her in San Francisco at the Embarcadero Plaza when she campaigned in 1984. The place was packed. It took place during the lunch hour and it rained yet everyone stayed and listened to her speech.

It's too bad she didn't get to witness a woman as Veep or President. Just like Susan B. didn't get to see women vote. But she saw a woman Speaker of the House.

I remember she left HRC's campaign because she was accused of being 'an old angry woman.'

To every f*cking OLD AND ANGRY WOMAN IN THE WORLD! I :toast: you!!!

Love you, Geraldine. Guide us from above!

[Poll_Blind]

4. RIP

PB

[lonestarnot]

5. Ah. RIP Ms. Geraldine.

[LeftishBrit]

6. RIP. Very sorry to hear that.

[joshcryer]

7. Don't take this the wrong way, I thought you wrote Janeane Garofalo.

I'm REALLY out of it and tired, and have a huge crush on Garofalo, but yeah. RIP Ferraro.

[No DUplicitous DUpe]

8. She used to play cards with my mom at our house on Fire Island in the mid 1970's

played soccer with her kids.

Seems like a lifetime ago.

Sorry to hear the news of her passing.

I remember her, she was a tough cookie.

[Thunderstruck]

9. RIP Ms. Ferraro.

[Maru Kitteh]

11. RIP Ma. Ferraro. You were one grand, tough lady. Thank you for everything.

[somone]

12. Ms. Ferraro, you were right.

R.I.P. to a great American woman

[dhill926]

13. R.I.P.

raising a glass to a brave woman.....

[Trailrider1951]

14. RIP Ms Ferraro

I will always remember your courage and sense of humor. You were a class act.

[WillyT]

15. Got To Meet Her During The '84 Campaign... RIP Gerry...

Ferraro began working as an elementary school teacher in public schools in Astoria, Queens,<1><7> "because that's what women were supposed to do."<4> Unsatisfied, she decided to attend law school;<4> an admissions officer said to her, "I hope you're serious, Gerry. You're taking a man's place, you know."<15> She earned a Juris Doctor degree with honors from Fordham University School of Law in 1960,<10><16> going to classes at night while continuing to work as a second-grade teacher at schools such as P.S. 57 during the day.<1><7><17> Ferraro was one of only two women in her graduating class of 179.<16> She was admitted to the bar of New York State in March 1961.<16>

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro

[ReggieVeggie]

16. 12 year battle with myeloma

cancer of the blood

[The Straight Story]

17. Kick and R (nt)