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Geraldine Anne Ferraro (August 26, 1935 – March 26, 2011) was an American politician, diplomat, and attorney. She served in the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985, and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 1984 presidential election, running alongside Walter Mondale; this made her the first female vice-presidential nominee representing a major ...
Woodhull was politically active in the early 1870s when she was nominated as the first woman candidate for the United States presidency. [9] Woodhull was the candidate in 1872 from the Equal Rights Party, supporting women's suffrage and equal rights; her running mate (unbeknownst to him) was abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass. [12]
Former Vice President Walter Mondale won the 1984 Democratic nomination for president of the United States, and chose New York Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. Ferraro was the first woman to be a part of a national ticket for a major party.
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was the second woman nominated for vice president by a major party and the first woman nominated by a Republican National Convention. She and her running mate, Arizona Senator John McCain , lost the 2008 United States presidential election to their Democratic challengers, Illinois Senator Barack Obama and Delaware ...
Mondale picked three-term Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro to be his running mate on July 12, 1984, making her the first woman nominated for vice president by a major U.S. political party. [16] The pick was intended to energize Mondale's campaign, which it did at first.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said former President Trump choosing a woman to be his running mate would be “beneficial” to him. “I think that that would be beneficial, according to the ...
Endorsing Trump after he clinched the Republican presidential nomination in May, Fallin made no secret of her interest in the No. 2 job.
Trump had previously expressed an interest in choosing a woman as his running mate for the Nov. 5 election, and some allies urged him to do so with an eye toward boosting his standing among female ...