- 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. (2001)
- 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).
- Fox News contributor.
- Has a brother.
- Passed the New York State Bar exam in 1961. She handled civil cases in her husband's real estate business for 13 years.
- Mother Antonetta was a seamstress.
- Has two daughters and a son.
- After college she became a school teacher in Astoria, Queens, New York.
- Parents were first generation immigrants from Italy.
- Father Dominick owned two restaurants. He had a heart attacked and died when Geraldine was 8 years old.
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