Talk:Geraldine Ferraro

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I'm doing a school report on Gerry and I was wondering if anyone could post some primary documents (e.g. interviews, quotes, etc.)

Wikipedia doesn't post primary documents. There are lots on the Web - go googling. - DavidWBrooks 22:12, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] What changed, exactly?

The article says that she "changed the American perception of women in politics," but never quite gets around to how anything changed. Could someone who knows please fix this oversight?

She didn't change anything in regards to women being in politics. Women have been heads of state, senators, and what have you before 1984. She wasn't even the first vice presidential candidate nor she was she as often incorrectly reported in the press as being the first woman to receive an electoral vote. Tonie Nathan, the Libertarian Party vice presidential candidate in 1972 was. Yet, which party gets labeled as progressive? The Democrats. Now you know why I don't trust corporate media. They almost always get things wrong.

[edit] "Dogma" vs "Perceived Positions"

The article uses "dogma" in its technical sense, not as a pejorative, so I think this is fairly an NPOV statement. The Catholic Church itself describes some of its basic beliefs as dogma, so I support the article's use of that term. I agree this is an arguable point, however, and if the consensus is to change the language back, I won't object. Gwernol 16:11, 17 March 2006 (UTC)