Ferraro: 'Wonderful To See Woman On Natl. Ticket'
Geraldine Ferraro applauds at a rally for Hillary Clinton in June, 2008.
Geraldine Ferraro applauds at a rally for Hillary Clinton in June, 2008.
Ferraro pictured in 1985, just after her unsuccessful run for office with Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale.
Ferraro pictured in 1985, just after her unsuccessful run for office with Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale.
In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro became the first female vice presidential pick on a major party ticket. Democrat Walter Mondale selected the former New York Congresswoman as his running mate in a race that they later lost to Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.
Now, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin joins Ferraro as the second woman on a major party ticket — on Friday, Sen. John McCain announced Palin would be his running mate.
"It's great to be the first," Ferraro says, "but I don't want to be the only. And so now it is wonderful to see a woman on a national ticket."
McCain's choice means that the 2008 presidential race most likely will produce a historic result: the first African-American president or the first female vice president.
Ferraro talks with Jacki Lyden about Palin, and what has changed in the 24 years since she ran for vice president.
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