Geraldine A. Ferraro became the first VP candidate for a major party

July 19, 1984 –
I stand before you to proclaim tonight, America is a land where dreams can come true for all of us.

38 years ago today, U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York won the Democratic nomination for vice president at the party’s convention in San Francisco.

Co-incidentally, the first women’s rights convention, organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, was held in Seneca Falls, NY on this date in 1848.

And so it goes