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Geraldine Ferraro was an American attorney, prosecutor, and Democratic politician from New York. She represented New York's 9th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985. In 1984, Walter Mondale selected her as his vice-presidential running mate, making Ferraro the first woman nominated for vice president by a major party in the United States.
She and Mondale lost that year's general election to Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush.
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