The first presidential campaign I volunteered for was Walter Mondale’s, in the summer of 1984. I was short of voting age, but standing outside an old New England Grange hall, handing out ...
“We all admire him quite a bit,” Paschke said, pointing to Mondale’s work on housing and equity as part of his legacy that ...
EXCLUSIVE: It was a decision that "changed what people thought was possible for women." That is how Donna Zaccaro describes the event 37 years ago when Democratic Presidential nominee Walter Mondale ...
On a hot September afternoon in 1984, I was at the U.S. Open in Flushing Meadows, Queens sitting about four rows from the upper rung of the cavernous stadium, eagerly waiting for the women’s final ...
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Mondale announced during his acceptance speech at the 1984 Democratic nominating convention that he would raise taxes in order to reduce the budget deficit. “Let’s tell the truth…Mr. Reagan will raise ...
The first presidential campaign I volunteered for was Walter Mondale’s, in the summer of 1984. I was short of voting age, but standing outside an old New England Grange hall, handing out ...
It took three tries before the crowd would quiet down and she could complete her first, historic sentence. "Ladies and gentlemen of the convention . . . my name is Geraldine Ferraro." The effect was ...