Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...blend of feminist ideals and feminine ways...
Geraldine Ferraro has made her way in this male preserve by being both feminine and feminist. Her hair is frosted blond, she wears stockings and makeup, and she loves to shop. When she needs to, she can flirt. But she is also tough and resilient, a shrewd back-room operator. She is, says fellow New York Congressman Joseph Addabbo, the paunchy, balding Chairman of the Defense Appropriations subcommittee, "just one of the guys...
None of this means that Mondale's problems in organizing the convention are necessarily over. He still risks giving the appearance of having caved in to feminist pressure if he chooses a woman vice-presidential candidate, or of grievously disappointing many of his female followers if he does not. Until the convention is over, Mondale's backers will be nervous about what the mercurial Jackson might do; even if Jackson does climb aboard the Mondale bandwagon, he might turn out to be more of a liability than an asset on the campaign trail...
...leading prospective invitee to North Oaks, Arkansas Senator Dale Bumpers, is putting on what Mondale aides view as a Hamlet-like show of indecision about whether or not to come. he V.P. procession has had one highly uncomfortable result for Mondale: he and his advisers badly miscalculated how much feminist pressure he would inspire with his overtures to prospective women candidates. Not only did NOW threaten a floor fight, Goldsmith went so far as to talk of winning ?one. The realization spread that a ? pitched battle over Mondale's run-Sning mate would create a disastrous impression...
They said their demand was that Mondale choose someone dedicated to feminist principles, not necessarily a woman. Mondale's aides nonetheless do not rule out the possibility that a woman may be nominated from the floor if the candidate does not choose one himself. Says one: "If it happens, it's a diversion, and we don't need any more diversions...