what was her role in presidential election 2008?
She assisted with fundraising by assuming an honorary post on the finance committee for Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
Geraldine Ferraro
She assisted with fundraising by assuming an honorary post on the finance committee for Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign.
who was the first woman who ran for vice president Geraldine Anne "Gerry" Ferraro did she succeed? No, in the general election, Mondale and Ferraro were defeated did she contest for any other political post? Ran for election to the U.S. House of Representatives what was her profession? Civil lawyer
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Geraldine Ferraro [SEP] 2008 presidential election involvement
In December 2006, Ferraro announced her support for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. Later, she vowed to help defend Clinton from being "swiftboated" in a manner akin to 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry. She assisted with fundraising by assuming an honorary post on the finance committee for Clinton's 2008 presidential campaign. A heated nomination battle emerged between Clinton and Barack Obama. Ferraro became livid and distraught when one of her daughters voted for Obama in the Massachusetts primary, saying "What is the matter with you? You "know" Hillary. You have "seen" my involvement with her." When her daughter responded by noting that Obama was inspirational, Ferraro snapped, "What does he inspire you to do, leave your husband and three kids and your practice and go work for Doctors Without Borders?" This was seen as an example of a generational difference among American women; in contrast to Ferraro's generation, younger women saw nothing special about electing a woman president (especially one with Clinton's past history) compared to what writer Anne Kornblut called "the milestone of electing an African American president".