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Because she was no longer a candidate herself, Ferraro decided to help other women in their attempts to seek public office. In 1985, she formed Americans Concerned for Tomorrow Political Action Committee (ACTPAC), a political fund raising committee that concentrated on getting Democrats elected to Congress in 1986. The group focused its efforts on 10 women candidates for Congress, eight of whom were elected...
Given her interest in female politicians, Ferraro says she is disappointed that no women are running for president...
While at the University, Ferraro says she is doing more than just teaching. "I am also the recipient of a good deal of information which comes from a great deal of talent which resides at this university. And so I'm really pleased to have the resources available to me that I can tap for subjects I'm interested in," she says...
...Ferraro will also bring her own political contacts to Harvard. In her study group, Ferraro says she plans to have different speakers from the world of politics and the press to supplement her own inside view...
...that with the press, with polling, with advertising, and we'll spend one whole session dealing with women and where we are in presidential politics, but not only as candidates, where we are in campaigns, the influence of the women's vote, things like that," Ferraro says...