First female VP candidate Geraldine Ferraro dies at 75

BOSTON — In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro was a relatively obscure congresswoman from the New York City borough of Queens when she was tapped by Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale to join his ticket. Her vice presidential bid, the first for a woman on a major party ticket, emboldened women across the country to seek public office and helped lay the groundwork for Hillary Rodham Clinton's