Geraldine A Ferraro

US Congresswoman. A Democrat, she represented New York's 9th District in the US House of Representatives from 1979 to 1985. Ferraro became the first female Vice Presidential candidate from a major American political party when she was chosen as Walter Mondale's running mate in 1984. She also served as a US Ambassador to the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1996.