1935- . US Democrat politician,
vice-presidential candidate in the 1984
election. Ferraro, a lawyer, was elected to
Congress in 1981 and was selected in 1984 by
Walter Mondale to be the USA's first female
vice- presidential candidate from one of the
major parties. The Democrats were defeated by
the incumbent president Reagan, and Ferraro,
damaged by investigations of her husband's
business affairs, retired from politics.