Saturday, March 26, 2011

Ms. Geraldine Anne Ferraro Passes On


Ms. Geraldine Anne Ferraro

Attorney, Democratic Party politician, first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party and member of the United States House of Representatives, Geraldine Anne Ferraro is dead.

She died today, March 26, 2011 of a type of blood cancer called multiple myeloma at the age of 75.

This educated, intelliegent and articulate woman was very inspirational to many women by encouraging them to run for office. She paved the way for so many and paid the price as she did so, by enduring a lot of patronization, but she wouldn't relent. She was indeed a woman of substance.

I never got the chance to meet her, but this is the type of woman I would have liked to talk to to learn some nuggets of wisdom from.

Ms. Ferraro was laid to rest on March 31st.

May her soul rest in peace and may God grant her family the fortitude to bear this great loss.


For more on her visit the following links:
http://womensmediacenter.com/blog/2011/03/exclusive-remembering-gerry-and-the-courage-of-her-convictions/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro

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