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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
What About a Woman Veep?

Twenty years ago, on July 12th, 1984, Democrat Walter Mondale tapped Geraldine Ferraro for his running mate. The feisty New York Congresswoman from Queens was the first woman from either party to ever be picked as a vice presidential candidate. And there hasn’t been another woman on the ticket since.

In this radio diary, Pulitzer Prize-winning syndicated columnist Ellen Goodman considers why.

Guests:

Ellen Goodman, author and columnist for The Boston Globe. Her op-ed “Little Mention of Woman for VP” ran in the July 8th edition of The Boston Globe

 
 

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