Ferraro died today at the age of 75 after battling blood cancer for 12 years. "She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate", was a teacher, and headed the Queens division of "the new Special Victims Bureau [in New York] that dealt with sex crimes, child abuse, and domestic violence". During her tenure in Congress, she "focus[ed] on legislation to bring equity for women in the areas of wages, pensions, and retirement plans" and "served as a United States Ambassador to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights from 1993 until 1996". I commend her legacy, and her fight for women everywhere. I hope this legacy will be picked up by other strong women and men toward equality in politics and all factions of non-governmental living.
Quoted material from Wikipedia.
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