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Today’s Lady News: Remembering Geraldine Ferraro, Catholic Abortion Rights Supporter

Jessica WakemanMarch 28, 2011 //
Today's Lady News
  • Geraldine Ferraro, who died this weekend, made headlines as the first-ever woman to be nominated for vice president by a mainstream political party. But Geraldine Ferraro should also be remembered for being a practicing Catholic who also supported keeping abortion legal. [AlterNet]
  • Saudi women will not be allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia’s municipal elections being held in September. [Reuters]
  • A 33-year-old female airline passenger claims she was stopped at LaGuardia Airport last week after she cleared security and was allegedly subjected to a full-body patdown by a female TSA agent, including on her breasts, thighs and crotch. The TSA says they are looking into the incident. [Gothamist]

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Geraldine Ferraro Dies

Jessica WakemanMarch 27, 2011 //
Catholic & Pro-Choice?
Today's Lady News
VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro was Catholic and pro-choice. Read More »

Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman from a major party ever to run for vice president, died yesterday at age 75. Ferraro was a Queens criminal prosecutor and then representative in Congress who joined Walter Mondale in a presidential run in 1984. Although the Walter-Mondale ticket proved no match for Ronald Reagan and George Bush (41), Ferraro nevertheless busted through the glass ceiling of national politics 64 years after women were acknowledged their right to vote. Keep reading »

July 12 Was A Big Day For Women In ’84

Catherine StrawnJuly 11, 2008 //

On this day in 1984, Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale announced that Geraldine Ferraro would be his running-mate. Geraldine was the first female vice presidential candidate in U.S. history. Isn’t it sad that more than 20 years later, we still haven’t had a woman in that job? [History.com] Keep reading »