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Geraldine Ferraro

"Media, We Have a Problem: Apollo 11 and NASA History Coverage Omits Women Astronauts"

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 08.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Mercury 13, Eileen Collins, Women Astronauts, Nasa, Mercury 7, Women's History, Sally Ride, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, Judy Chicago, Geraldine Ferraro, NASA History, Apollo 11, Elizabeth A. Sackler, Time Magazine, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, Bella Abzug, Brooklyn Museum, Media News
Beverly Wettenstein

My mission is to give the women's history perspective to today's news events.

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My Conversation with Geraldine Ferraro

Melinda Katz | Posted 07.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Women and Politics, Nyc-Comptroller, Women's Issues, NYC Comptroller, Melinda Katz, Geraldine Ferraro, New York City, Politics News
Melinda Katz

Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro, the first female Vice Presidential candidate and my greatest inspiration, also happens to be my friend and neighbor.

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The Lightning Rod Named Sarah Palin

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 07.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Arianna Huffington, Newt Gingrich, Tina Fey, Gov. Sarah Palin, Geraldine Ferraro, David Letterman, Home News
Joan E. Dowlin

A lot can happen in three years but one thing is clear, Sarah Palin will get a lot of attention.

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My Interview with Walter Mondale

Michael Bendetson | Posted 03.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Walter Mondale, Vice President, Mondale, Barack Obama, Walter Mondale Hillary, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Michael Bendetson

The discussion allowed Mr. Mondale to reflect on his distinguished political career, while also providing him an opportunity to voice his opinion on current problems confronting the US.

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Gender, Politics and Media Redux

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: McCain Advisors, Gender Bias, Gender, Media, Larry Summers, Election 2008, Lesley Jane Seymour, More Magazine, Feminism, Sarah Palin, Campbell Brown, Geraldine Ferraro, Shorenstein Center, Politics, Women and Media, Sexism, Women and Politics, Marie Wilson, Hillary Clinton, Arianna Huffington, Carol Jenkins, Class, Obama's Economic Team, Media News
Marcia G. Yerman

Last week, New York Women In Communications presented The Spin Room: Gender, Politics & Media in the 2008 Election.

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Ten Chumps Who Helped Elect Barack Obama

Erik Ose | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Election Day, HuffPost Election Analysis, Rick Davis, President Obama, Mark Penn, Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin, Ashley Todd, Mike Easley, GOP Blame Game, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News, HuffPost Election Reaction, 2008, Obama Presidency, Obama 2008, John Edwards, Election Analysis, Obama President, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Obama Wins, Election Results, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Jeremiah Wright, Geraldine Ferraro, Barack Obama 2008, Sheldon Adelson, Presidential Results, Election Reaction, Hillary Clinton, Presidential Election, Steve Schmidt, Politics News
Erik Ose

With the post-election analysis season almost over, it's worth taking one final look at some of the characters who ensured President-elect Obama would make it to the White House.

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What Do Undecided Women Want?

Joel B. Schwartzberg | Posted 12.04.2008 | Media

Read More: Women and Politics, Voter, Women and Media, Women Voters, Election, Palin, Geraldine Ferraro, Voting, Media News
Joel B. Schwartzberg

There are roughly eight million more female voters than male, and more women than men say they are still undecided. Senator Hillary Clinton and Govern...

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Is Sarah Palin a "Double Dutch Feminist?"

Beverly Wettenstein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Laura Ingraham. Election 08, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Barbara Walters, Cindy McCain, Feminist, The View, Hillary Clinton, Joy Behar, Sarah Palin, Whoopi Goldberg, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Beverly Wettenstein

I've coined the term "Double Dutch Feminist" to identify women who are jumping between the Feminist and Conservative rope lines, to their own benefit.

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Media Idiocy: Don't Blow VP Debate Or You Might Win

Mark Nickolas | Posted 11.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lloyd Bentsen, Vp Debate, George H.W. Bush, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, Dan Quayle, Sarah Palin, Media Criticism, Media Coverage, Joe Biden, Geraldine Ferraro, Vice Presidential Debate, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Despite Bush's condescension, Reagan-Bush won in 1984, and despite being smacked-down, Bush-Quayle won in 1988. So...what exactly is the media's point?

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Showdown in St. Louis: Gender vs. Agenda

Marie Wilson | Posted 11.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vp Debate, Biden, Palin, Sarah Palin, Gender, Vice Presidential Debate, Geraldine Ferraro, 2008 Election, Politics News
Marie Wilson

Geraldine Ferraro's challenge in 1984 was the same as Palin's will be when she takes the stage tomorrow evening: the careful negotiation of her dual identities as candidate and woman.

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A Life-Long Republican Goes Blue

Eric Morse | Posted 10.25.2008 | Home

Read More: Independent Voters, Swing Voters, Barack Obama, Bush Administration, Schoolteacher, Ronald Reagan, Geraldine Ferraro, Iraq War, Nixon, Florida, Democrats, Global Warming, Republicans, Home News
Eric Morse

After choosing the Republican candidate for 50 years, my mother has decided to change her ways this election. She thinks Obama has the answers we're looking for.

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Sarah Palin's Unnoticed Empowerment of Women

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

What does the Palin factor mean, especially for white married and white working class women who continue to strongly support McCain/Palin?

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McCain Unleashes a Cougar for the PUMAs

Wajahat Ali | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Pumas, Pumas, Pumas Clinton, Pumas Palin, Sarah Palin, Palin Vice President, Barack Obama 2008, John McCain, Sarah Palin Reaction, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Wajahat Ali

Sadly, some of McCain and Clinton's followers think they suffer from an unbearable Whiteness of being as well, one that Obama's Blackness apparently allowed him to transcend.

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Memo to Obama: Let the Floor Vote Roll

Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan | Posted 09.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women, Shirley Chisholm, 2008 Democratic National Convention, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Roll-Call Vote, Feminism, Barack Obama, Clinton Supporters, Clinton Roll-Call Vote, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Shireen Mitchell and Adele M. Stan

By allowing the roll call to take place, Obama would honor not just what Hillary Clinton achieved with her 18 million votes, but the promise of even greater accomplishments by Democratic women in the future.

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August is the Cruelest Month for Democrats

Michael Carmichael | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Evan Bayh, Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, Karl Rove, Abraham Ribicoff, John McCain, Colin Powell, Kathleen Sebelius, Tim Kaine, Thomas Eagleton, Joseph Biden, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, Michael Dukakis, George Bush Sr., John Zacarro, Hiroshima, Richard Daley, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Charlie Crist, John Kerry, John Zogby, Hillary Clinton, Steve Schmidt, Politics News
Michael Carmichael

A military commander tested in wartime, a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, a Secretary of State, a Vice President Powell would strengthen Obama's candidacy more deeply and more consummately than any other American.

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Bill and Barack and Blackness

Horace McMillon | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, John McCain, Presidential Race, Hillary Clinton 2008, McCain Campaign, Racism, 2008 Election, Geraldine Ferraro, Welfare Reform, Home News
Horace McMillon

Bill Clinton believes he was played dirty by the Obama camp. The truth, Bill Clinton, is that you are a racist. We all are. We can change. But the first step to change is recognizing the need to do so.

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How Bo Diddley Can Teach Hillary Clinton a Note or Two

Gloria Feldt | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bo Diddley, Hillary Clinton, Jeanette Rankin, Clinton Concession, Music, Woman President, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Gloria Feldt

I never paid attention to Bo Diddley's lyrics; I was simply moved by the rhythms. But the passing of Hillary Clinton's campaign makes them seem quite relevant.

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Does Obama Really Want Voters to Remember Marc Rich?

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Edwards, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Jack Quinn, Obama's Bad Decision on His Vice Presidential Vetters, Toxic Marc Rich Scandal, Eric Holder, Geraldine Ferraro, Caroline Kennedy, Barack Obama Vice President, Vice President, Politics News
Carol Felsenthal

Had Hillary been the Democrats' nominee, and if she becomes Barack Obama's running mate, billionaire commodities trader Marc Rich will surely raise his battered head.

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Hillary as Veep a Bad Move for Women

Adele Stan | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News
Adele Stan

When the popular history of the campaign turns to legend, I have little doubt that Hillary's story will be that of a brilliant woman who almost made it -- but for her love of a man who sabotaged her completely.

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Jason Linkins

DNC's Howard Dean Criticizes Ferraro For Comments, Blames Media For Sexism Of Campaign

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Dean, Video, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, George Stephanopoulos, Geraldine Ferraro, Politics News

Ever since Geraldine Ferraro was released from whatever cryogenic tube was housing her lizard brain and propensity for verbal diarrhea, people of all ...

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Jason Linkins

Ferraro: Black Journalists Are The New Sexism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jay-Z, Video, Michelle Obama, Geraldine Ferraro Comments, Shepard Smith, Obama Jay-Z, Bob Herbert, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Geraldine Ferraro Obama, Politics News

Geraldine Ferraro continued her campaign to get someone, anyone, to do something about all the sexism in the campaign today in an appearance on Fox Ne...

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Geraldine Ferraro Live Chat

236.com | 23/6: News You Can Misuse | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Live Chat Geraldine Ferraro, 23/6: News You Can Misuse, Geraldine Ferraro, 236.Com, Politics News

Geraldine Ferraro appeared on the Today show on Tuesday morning, re-affirming her assertion that the media has been sexist in its coverage of Hillary ...

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Does Clinton Camp Talk of Sexism Risk the Democrats' Future?

Eric Deggans | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Media, Barack Obama, Election, Hillary Clinton, Gender, Sexism, Hillary Clinton Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, Race, Hillary Gender Election, 2008 Election and Gender, Ferraro Obama Comments, Geraldine Ferraro, Jay-Z, Obama Race, Politics News
Eric Deggans

This is how the Clintons could pull the Democratic Party down to general election defeat alongside their fading presidential hopes: a pointless fight over gender politics.

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Obama's Sexist Victory in Oregon

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 05.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Roe v. Wade, Misogyny, Women's Rights, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Sexism, Kentucky Primary, Oregon Primary, Feminists, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Clinton Supporters Count Too, Feminism, Home News
Nathaniel Bach

Given Clinton's recent major and undeniable race-inflected victories, the increasing charges of sexism, particularly against Obama himself, are misguided at best. This is no way to advance party unity or women's rights.

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Hillary's Sexist End-Game

Gary Cohan | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Democratic Primary, Gender Card, Hillary Clinton Sexism, Sexism, 2008 Election and Sexism, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Gender Election, Barack Obama Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Geraldine Ferraro, Race Card, Politics News
Gary Cohan

Sexism cuts both ways; Hillary's continued presence in this campaign is, in and of itself, a manipulation of the very concept. If Hillary were a man, she would have been long gone.

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