Geraldine Ferraro

What my mother, Geraldine Ferraro , knew about equality

In Sarah Hepola's " Gloria Steinem, a Woman Like No Other ," published on March 16 by the New York Times, there was a quote from Ms.

Steinem regarding my mother, Geraldine Ferraro : "What has the women's movement learned from Geraldine Ferraro's candidacy for vice president? Never get married." -- The literal implication is that women, if they want equality should never get married.Leaders receive their personality traits, like all other people, from those around them. Geraldine Ferraro became who she was as a result of her relationships. Her early life was shaped by the nuns and Jesuits at Marymount and Fordham. From her mother she received her conviction of character and the love of family. My mother would often mention that she would not have achieved her professional accomplishments without my father by her side for over 56 years. Without my father she would not have thought of going to law school or been able to afford to do so. She would have been unable to find employment after ...

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