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A Letter From The Publisher: Jul. 23, 1984

Seven weeks ago, TIME posed a question on its cover: "And for Vice President... Why Not a Woman?" Last week the Democrats answered it resoundingly. It was obviously a question the nation was prepared to address as, for several increasingly intense weeks, it waited and watched while Walter Mondale pondered his choice of a running mate.

The person selected by Mondale last week not only appeared on the cover that asked the fateful question but has been watched by the magazine for years. As early as 1978, when Queens, N.Y., Lawyer Geraldine Ferraro...

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