Ferraro

"Geraldine Ferraro is telling all. . .about her ill-fated vice-presidential campaign, and it is intriguing reading." —The Christian Science Monitor

"The story is a reminder that Ferraro, despite her flaws, usually handled her role as the first woman to run for the Vice President with grit, intelligence, and humor. . . . She wrote a new chapter on women in politics." —Maureen Dowd, New York Times Book Review

"Gerladine Ferraro's account of her nomination and campaign as candidate for the vice presidency of the United States is what used to be called a century ago a cautionary tale. The rapturous launch of the first ever woman vice-presidential candidate turned within days into a nightmare of allegations, insinuations, and very old skeletons pulled out of the family cupboard. . . . Indeed, Ferraro's description of the agony of combining relentless campaign demands with the strains of coping with newspaper scandal stories would stop any sensible person from ever entering high politics. How much of it was because the candidate was a woman?"  —Shirley Williams, Washington Post Book World