List of first women mayors (18th and 19th centuries)
The following is a list of the first woman to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.
1730s[]
1734
- Malotteau, first woman to execute the office of mayor of Namur, Belgium
- Her husband served as mayor and following his death his colleagues requested she take over the mayoral duties.[1]
- Malotteau, first woman to execute the office of mayor of Namur, Belgium
1860s[]
1862
- , first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
[2][3] but declined to serve as mayor.[4]
- , first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States
1880s[]
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Susanna M. Salter was the first woman to serve as mayor in the United States.
1887
- Susanna M. Salter, the first woman to serve as mayor in United States as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, United States
[5][6]
- Susanna M. Salter, the first woman to serve as mayor in United States as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, United States
1888
- Mary D. Lowman, the first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States
[7][6]
- Mary D. Lowman, the first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States
1889
- , first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas, United States
[10]
- Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas, United States
- , first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, United States
[11]
- , the first woman mayor of Baldwin City, Kansas, United States
[12]
- , first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas, United States
1890s[]
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Elizabeth Yates was the first woman elected mayor in the British Empire in 1893
1890
- , first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas, United States
[13]
- , first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas, United States
1891
- , first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas, United States
[14][15]
- , first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas, United States
[16]
- , first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas, United States
1893
- Elizabeth Yates, first woman mayor in the British Empire and first female mayor of Onehunga, New Zealand
[17]
- , elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas, United States
.[18]
- Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas, United States
- Elizabeth Yates, first woman mayor in the British Empire and first female mayor of Onehunga, New Zealand
1894
- , the first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas, United States
[19] [population approx., 1,500][20]
- , the first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas, United States
1895
- , first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon, United States
- , the first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas, United States
- , first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon, United States
1896
- , the first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas, United States
[23][24]
- , the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas, United States
- Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.[25]
- , the first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas, United States
1897
- , the first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas, United States
[26]
- , the first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas, United States
1898
1899
- , first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas, United States[28]
See also[]
- List of first women governors and/or chief ministers
- List of first women mayors
- List of first women mayors (20th century)
- List of first women mayors (21st century)
- List of first women mayors in the United States
- List of the first female holders of political offices
- Women in government
References[]
- ^ "A Woman Mayor In Belgium". New York Tribune. New York City, New York. 14 July 1896. p. 15. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "A Woman Elected Mayor". The Bedford Gazette. Bedford, Pennsylvania. March 7, 1862. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Defeat of Republicans; A Woman Elected Mayor". The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel. Cadiz, Ohio. March 5, 1862. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Nancy+Smith" The Iowa Press Association's Who's who in Iowa: A Biographical Record of Iowa's Leaders in Business, Professional and Public Life. Iowa: Iowa Press Association. 1940. p. 792. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ Billington, Monroe (Autumn 1954). "Susanna Madora Salter – First Woman Mayor". kancoll.org. Archived from the original on 2002-11-02. Retrieved December 31, 2016.
- ^ a b Katz, Elizabeth D. (2021-07-30). "Sex, Suffrage, and State Constitutional Law: Women's Legal Right to Hold Public Office". Rochester, NY.
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(help) - ^ "Untitled". Abilene Weekly Reflector. Abilene, Kansas. 11 April 1889. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "A Woman for Mayor; The Entire City Government of Oskaloosa, Kan. in the Hands of the Fair Sex". Crawford Avalanche. Grayling, Michigan. April 12, 1888. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Women Voters in Kansas". Waco Evening News. Waco, Texas. April 25, 1889. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "America L. King". herhatwasinthering.org. Her Hat Was In the Ring. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Wilhelmina Morgan". herhatwasinthering.org. Her Hat Was In the Ring. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Untitled". Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. April 5, 1889. p. 4. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Belle Gray". herhatwasinthering.org. Her Hat Was In the Ring. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Untitled". Indianapolis News. Indianapolis, Indiana. 24 October 1891. p. 10. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "Petticoat oppression". The Caldwell Tribune. Caldwell, Idaho. 24 October 1891. p. 7. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ "Mrs. Elizabeth Vedder". herhatwasinthering.org. Her Hat Was In the Ring. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
- ^ Mogford, Janice C. "Yates, Elizabeth 1840–1848?–1918". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "Untitled". The Indianapolis Journal. Indianapolis, Indiana. April 29, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "A Woman Elected Mayor". The Kinsley Graphic. Kinsley, Kansas. January 19, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "A Woman Mayor; Mrs. Anne Austin, Leader of the Reform Movement, Is Elected". The New North-West. Deer Lodge, Michigan. February 3, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Petticoat Rule for Florence; Florence Woman Victorious--Elected By Large Majorities". The Eugene City Guard. Eugene, Oregon. April 13, 1895. p. 5. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "The Ladies Rule". The Dalles Daily Chronicle. The Dalles, Oregon. April 10, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Clara Curtis". kshs.org. Kansas Historical Society. Retrieved 28 September 2020.
- ^ "The Kansas Election". The Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Seattle, Washington. April 8, 1896. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "All Women; The Entire City Government of Ellis is Women". The Topeka State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. April 10, 1896. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "From Kansas Towns". The Topeka State Journal. Topeka, Kansas. April 8, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Daily Capital Journal". Salem, Oregon. April 6, 1898. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Mrs. Elizabeth Totten". herhatwasinthering.org. Her Hat Was In the Ring. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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