- Source of Wealth: Politics, Writing and Law
- Birth Place: Newburgh, New York, United States
- Marital Status: Married (John Zaccaro)
- Full Name: Geraldine Anne Ferraro
- Nationality: American
- Date of Birth: August 26, 1935
- Ethnicity: Italian
- Occupation: Attoney and Politician
- Education: Fordham University, Marymount Manhattan College
- Children: 3 (Donna, Laura and John Jr.)
Born Geraldine Anne Ferraro on August 26, 1935 in Newburgh, New York, Geraldine Ferraro has an estimated net worth of $4 million. The savvy New York Democrat is also an attorney and a member of the House of Representatives. She has been embraced as a symbol of women’s equality in 1984 when she became the first woman nominated for vice president by a major American political party.
Growing up, Ferraro was a boarder at the Mount Saint May while she also briefly attended a parochial school in the South Bronx. She later went to Marymount Manhattan College with a scholarship where she earned her Bachelor of Arts in English in 1956. During her senior year, she met and dated John Zaccaro of of Forest Hills, Queens, who had graduated from Iona College with a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps. She then worked as an elementary school teacher before decided to attend law school where she Juris Doctor degree with honors from Fordham University School of Law in 1960.