“My name is Geraldine Ferraro. I stand before you to proclaim tonight: America is the land where dreams can come true for all of us." Ferraro, a three-term congresswoman from Queens, NY and first woman to be on a major party’s presidential ticket as Walter Mondale’s 1984 vice-presidential candidate, died at Massachusetts General Hospital. According to a statement released by her family, the cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that Ferraro had battled for twelve years. Ferraro broke many barriers and was considered a great trailblazer for wo...

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