The New York Times
Sat, March 26, 2011 -- 1:19 PM ET
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Geraldine A. Ferraro, First Woman on Major Party Ticket, Dies at 75
Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in
1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination
for vice president to take her place in American history as
the first woman nominated for national office by a major
party, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in
Boston. She was 75.
The cause was complications from multiple myeloma, a blood
cancer that she had battled for 12 years, her family said in
a statement.
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