- Born
- Died
- Birth nameGeraldine Anne Ferraro
- Nicknames
- Geraldine Ferraro
- Gerry
- Geraldine A. Ferraro was born on August 26, 1935 in Newburgh, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Contact (1997), Murphy Brown (1988) and Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995). She was married to John Anthony Zaccaro. She died on March 26, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpouseJohn Anthony Zaccaro(July 16, 1960 - March 26, 2011) (her death, 3 children)
- On July 13, 1984, Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale announced Ferraro as his vice presidential running mate for the 1984 election. Ferraro became the first woman to appear on a major party presidential ticket in American history, as well as the first person of Italian descent.
- U.S. congressional representative from New York (1979-1985).
- She was diagnosed with a rare blood disease known as malignant multiple myelomia (which kills half of all patients suffering from it). She is taking Thalidomide, which has sent her cancer into remission.
- Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1994.
- Mother, with John Zaccaro, of daughter Donna Zaccaro (born in 1962), son John Zaccaro Jr. (born in 1964) and daughter Laura Zaccaro (born in 1966).
- Vice President - it has such a nice ring to it.
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