But she did it. She made an indelible mark on our nation's history.
She was a tireless voice for human rights and helped lead the American delegation to the landmark Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing in 1995.
FERRARO--Geraldine.
The small business guy who wanted to expand beyond his father's shop. They would say - she's not that much older than me. Both of our parents owned small neighborhood shops. We were the early birds. It changed the way we thought of ourselves.
She was a very smart, very hardworking, wonderful person with a deep love for her family and for America. Though we were one-time political opponents, I am happy to say Gerry and I became friends in time - a friendship marked by respect and affection.
She definitely has worked hard.
The cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that she had battled for twelve years, her family said.
Women began looking at themselves in a new way. My thoughts and prayers are with her and her family at this wrenching time.Barbara and I - and all Bushes - send our heartfelt condolences and love to Gerry's family.Gerry was grounded in family and faith.
When I had the honor of working alongside Geraldine on election night last year, we both discussed the role of women in politics and our excited expectation that someday that final glass ceiling would be shattered by the election of a woman president.
Both of our parents owned small neighborhood shops.
The drumbeat that Geraldine Ferraro began that day in July will continue for a long time to come.I'll never forget when Walter Mondale chose Gerry for his running mate in at the Democratic National Convention in 1984. But she said it also made her tough.Our thoughts and prayers are with Gerry's husband John, her children and grandchildren, and their entire family."Geraldine Ferraro was a path-breaking figure. She believed in hard work, sticking together, and going to school and church. After the early death of her father, Antonetta went back into the garment industry to support the family. She became our first woman Vice Presidential candidate. Geraldine Anne Ferraro Zaccaro, a former Queens schoolteacher, was the first woman and first Italian-American to run on a major party national ticket, serving as Walter Mondale's vice presidential running mate in 1984 on the Democratic Party ticket. I came to Congress two years before Gerry. Gerry really felt the premature death of her dad. Ferraro's cause of death was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer she had battled for 12 years, according to the statement released by her family from Boston. She broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more. She broke one huge barrier and then went on to break many more. She led from the head and from the heart. You know, those guys in those planes starting to get to Mach 1 and then they got to Mach 2, or whatever it is they do to break the barrier.
The world will miss her. She was 75. The world will miss her.
Her parents, Dominick and Antonetta Ferraro, ran a dime store and a restaurant.
We will all miss her. There were only 17 women in Congress at the time -- women like Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, Elizabeth Holtzman.