List of first women mayors in the United States
After Kansas granted women the right to vote in municipal elections in February 1887, Susanna Madora Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas on April 4, 1887, and became the first female mayor in the United States.[1]: 237–238 Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process.[1]: 240 [2] In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa,[3][4] after being nominated as a "joke",[5] but she declined to hold office.[6]
Following the adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, Bertha Knight Landes became the first woman mayor of a city with more than 150,000 residents, after she was elected mayor of Seattle, Washington in 1926.[1]: 242
Alabama
[edit]1980
- Sue L. Glidewell, first woman elected mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama. Served six consecutive terms for 24 years until retirement in 2004.[7][8]
1984
- Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama[9]
1996
- Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama[10]
1997
- Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama[11]
2000
- Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama[12]
2004
- Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama[13]
2009
- Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama[14]
2016
- Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama[15]
2021
- Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama[16]
Alaska
[edit]1946
- Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska[17]
1956
- Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska[18]
1965
- Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska[19]
1966
- Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska[20]
1975
- Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska[21]
1976
- Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska[22][23]
2011
- Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska[24]
Arizona
[edit]1927
- Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona[25]
1973
- Ethel Berger, first woman mayor in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Berger was appointed, not elected; at that time mayors were appointed from the city council.[26]
1976
- Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona[1]: 238–239 [27]
1988
- Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona[28]
1995
- Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona[29]
2023
Arkansas
[edit]1925
- Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas[31]
1966
- Katherine Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
1975
- Joyce Ferguson, who had the distinction of being the city of West Memphis's first female mayor. Mayor Ferguson served two terms as mayor of West Memphis, from 1975 to 1982. West Memphis, Arkansas
California
[edit]1915
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California
- it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor Henry H. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.[32]
- Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California
1916
- Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California[33]
1924
- Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California[34]
- Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California
1926
- Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California[35]
1928
- May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California[36]
1929
- Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California[37]
1931
- Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California[38]
1941
- Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California[39]
1942
- Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California[40]
1947
- Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California[41]
1948
- Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California
1952
- Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California[42]
1953
- Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California[43]
1963
- Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California[44]
- Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California[45]
1968
- Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California[46]
1971
- Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California[47]
1973
- Doris A. Davis, first woman and first African American woman elected mayor in the City of Compton.
1974
- Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California[1]: 238 [48]
1976
- Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.[49][50]
- Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California[51]
1977
- Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California[52]
1978
- Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
- also served 1983 to 1984[53]
- Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco[1]: 238–239, 249–250 [54]
- Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California[55][56]
- Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
1979
- Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California
1980
- Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California[57]
- Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California[58]
1981
- Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California[59]
1982
- Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California
- also first African-American woman mayor of a city over 100,000 people[60]
- Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of Pasadena, California
1982
- Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.
1983
- Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California [61]
- Jana Wilson, first woman mayor of Oroville, California
1986
- Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California
1989
- Evelyn Wells, first woman to become Mayor of Lynwood, California.[62]
1990
1997
- Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California[64]
2009
- Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California[65][66]
2011
- Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
- also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[67]
- Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California
- also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland[68]
- Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
2012
- Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California
2016
- Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California[69]
2017
- Mary Ann Carbone first woman of Native American Chumash descent to be appointed by peers as Mayor of (Sand City, California)
- Mary Ann Carbone first Indigenous woman appointed to the State of California on May 2, 2017, https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/mary-ann-carbone-named-mayor-of-sand-city-councilman-todd-kruper-to-retire/article_4640628c-312f-11e7-9bed-e39cd3049162.html#:~:text=In%20Mary%20Ann%20Carbone%2C%20Sand,as%20Sand%20City's%20new%20mayor.
- Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of Gardena, California
- also first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California[70]
- Mary Ann Carbone first woman of Native American Chumash descent to be appointed by peers as Mayor of (Sand City, California)
2018
- Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California
2020
- Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of Palm Springs
2022
- Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles[71][72][73]
- Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim
- Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California[74]
Colorado
[edit]1916
- C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado
- was appointed by the city council[75]
- C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado
1929
- Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado[76]
1965
- Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado
1969
- Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado[77]
1995
- Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado[78]
Connecticut
[edit]1967
- Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut[1]: 238
1987
- Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
1993
- Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut[79]
2007
- April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut
2013
- Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut[80]
- Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut[81]
- Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut[82]
2017
- Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut[83]
2021
Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.[84]
Delaware
[edit]1947
- Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware[85]
1966
- Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city[86]
2023
- Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware[87]
Florida
[edit]1917
- Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida[88]
- also first woman mayor in Florida
- Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida[88]
1921
- Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida[89]
1922
- Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida[90]
1928
- Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida
1951
- Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida[91]
1961
- Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida[92]
1973
- Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida[93]
1976
- Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida[94]
1977
- Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida[95]
1978
- Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida[96]
1983
- Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida[97][98]
- Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida[99][100]
1987
- Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida[101]
1994
- Edna Griffith, first woman mayor of Orange Park, Florida. Also, first woman elected and reelected to the Town Council
2006
- Patricia Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie, Florida[102]
2007
- Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida[103]
- Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida[104]
2014
- Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida[105]
2015
2016
- Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida[107]
2017
- Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida
Georgia
[edit]1921
- Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia[108]
1934
- Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans,[109] first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia[110]
1978
- Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia[111]
1991
- Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia[112]
2001
- Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia[113]
2010
- Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia[114]
2012
- Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia[115]
2017
- Mary Parham-Copelan was the first African-American woman to be elected to the office of Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. This race was historic because there has never been an elected female to the office of Mayor throughout the city's 205-year history.
2023
- Dr. Donya Sartor, Jonesboro, Georgia's first female mayor and first Black mayor.[116]
Hawaii
[edit]1962
- Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii.[117]
1981
- Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
1991
- Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii
Idaho
[edit]1898
- Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho
- also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.[118]
- Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho
2003
- Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho[119]
Illinois
[edit]1911
- Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois[120]
1915
- A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois[121]
1923
- Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois[122][123]
1949
- Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois
1979
- Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois[1]: 238–239, 249–250
- Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.
- Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois[1]: 238–239, 249–250
1983
- Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois[124]
2001
- Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois
Indiana
[edit]1938
- Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana[125]
1957
- Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana[126]
1964
- Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana[127]
1980
- Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana
1999
- Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana[128]
2000
- Kathleen Chroback, first woman elected mayor of La Porte, Indiana
2006
- Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana
2007
- Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana[129]
2007
- Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[130]
2011
- Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana
2024
- Stephanie Terry, first African-American and first woman elected mayor of Evansville, Indiana[131]
Iowa
[edit]1862
- Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[3][4]
- Smith declined to serve as mayor.[5]
- Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[3][4]
1923
- Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
- first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants[132]
- Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa
1951
- Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa[133]
1971
- Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa[134]
1973
- Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa
2013
- Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa
Kansas
[edit]
1800s
[edit]1887
- Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas
1888
- Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas
1889
- America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas[137]
- Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas[138][139]
- Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas[140]
- Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas[141]
1890
- Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas[142]
- Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas[143][144]
1891
- Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas[145][146]
- Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas[147]
1893
- Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.[148][149]
- Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas[150]
1894
- Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas[151] [population approx., 1,500][152]
1895
- Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas[153]
1896
- C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas[154]
- M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas
- Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.[155]
1897
- Anna Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas[156]
1899
- Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas[157]
1900s
[edit]1911
- Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas[158]
1913
- Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas[159]
1917
- Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas[160]
1920
- Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas[123]
1933
- Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas[161]
1945
- Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas[162]
1975
- Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas[163]
1997
- Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas[164]
2020
- Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas[165]
Kentucky
[edit]1951
- Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky[166]
1993
- Pam Miller, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
Louisiana
[edit]1920
- Lula V. Coleman, Deputy Sheriff of LaSalle Parish, is appointed Mayor of Jena, Louisiana by Governor John M. Parker as the first woman mayor in Louisiana[167]
1925
- Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana[168]
1956
- Mary Estus Jones Webb, first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana
1990
- Hazel Beard, first woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
1993
- Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana
2017
- Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge
2018
- Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana[169]
Maine
[edit]1928
- Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine[170]
1946
- Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine[171]
Maryland
[edit]1974
- Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland[172]
1986
- Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland[173]
1987
- Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland[174]
2001
- Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
2007
- Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
2020
- Emily Keller, first woman elected mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland[175]
2021
- Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland[176]
- Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland[177]
Massachusetts
[edit]1939
- Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts[178]
1955
- Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[179]
1964
- Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[180]
1972
- Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[181]
1982
- Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[182]
- Cynthia G. Kruger, first woman to serve as mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts (as council president, Kruger became the acting Mayor when the office became vacant).[183]
1983
- Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.[184]
1986
- Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[185]
1987
- Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[186]
1989
- Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.[187]
1991
- Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.[188]
1992
- Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.[183]
1993
- Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.[189]
- Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.[190]
1997
- Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[191]
1999
- Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.[192]
- Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.
2002
- Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.[193]
2003
- Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.[194]
2005
- Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts[195]
- Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.[196]
2007
- Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts[197]
- Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)
- Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[198]
2009
- Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.[199]
- Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[200]
- Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.[201]
2014
- Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts[202]
2016
- Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.
2017
- Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts[203]
- Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.[204]
2018
- Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).[205]
2019
- Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.[206]
- Shaunna O'Connell, first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.[207]
2021
- Kim Janey, first woman to serve as acting mayor of Boston (upon the resignation of Marty Walsh to take the position of United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden).[208][209]
- Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.[209]
2022
- Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.[210]
2023
- Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.[211]
- Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.[212]
Michigan
[edit]1948
- Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53,[213] and the first female mayor in Michigan.
1973
- Betty Lee Ongley, first woman mayor of Portage, Michigan
- Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan
- Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
2005
- Carol B. Cottrell, first woman elected mayor of Saginaw, Michigan[214]
2015
- Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan
- Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
2018
- Lindsey McGuire-Fountain, first woman mayor and President of DeTour Village, Michigan
2023
- Lori M. Stone, first woman mayor of Warren, Michigan
Minnesota
[edit]1921
- Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota and in any city of Minnesota[215][216]
1921
- Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota[217]
- Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota.[218] She was reelected in 1922.[219]
1925
- Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota[220]
1935
- Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota[221]
1949
- Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota[222]
1953
- Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota
1973
- Mary P. Anderson, first woman elected mayor in Kinney, Minnesota, from 1973-2002
1973
- Ione Ellingson, first woman elected mayor in Menahga, Minnesota
1992
- Jane Robbins, first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota
1994
- Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008
- Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota[223]
2013
- Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota[224]
2018
- Najwa Massad, first woman elected mayor of Mankato, Minnesota
- Kim Norton, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, Minnesota
Mississippi
[edit]1950
- Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi[225]
1977
- Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Mayersville, Mississippi
2001
- Yvonne Brown, first black woman elected mayor of Tchula, Mississippi; first black Republican woman elected mayor in the state of Mississippi.
2005
- Sheriel F. Perkins, first woman and African American elected mayor of Greenwood, Mississippi
2009
- Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi[226]
2017
- Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.[227]
Missouri
[edit]1921
- Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri
1924
- Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri[229]
1930
- Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri[230]
1936
- Edith Pearce, first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri[231]
1977
- Lillian Herman, first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri
1982
- Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri[232]
1999
- Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
2017
- Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri
Montana
[edit]1932
- June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana[233]
1936
- Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana[234]
- Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana[235]
1947
- Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana[236]
1963
- Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana[237]
Nebraska
[edit]1921
- Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska[238]
- Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska[239]
1975
- Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska[1]: 238, 239
2006
- Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska[240]
2013
- Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Nevada
[edit]1954
- Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada[241]
1985
- Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada[242]
1999
- Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada
New Hampshire
[edit]1944
- Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire[243][244]
2007
- Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire[245]
2015
- Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire
2017
- Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire[246][247]
New Jersey
[edit]1925
- Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey;[248] first mayor and founder of Estell Manor
1931
1933
- Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey[250]
1943
- Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey[251]
1950
- Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey[252]
1951
- Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey[253]
1967
- Mary "Peggy" Kerr, first woman mayor of Sayreville, New Jersey, elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in New Jersey
- Patricia Q. Sheehan, first woman mayor of New Brunswick, New Jersey[254]
1972
- Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County[255]
1973
- Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey
1974
- Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey[256]
1977
- Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey[257]
1978
Joanne L. Howell, first female mayor of Bernards Township, New Jersey. Started the town recycling program.
1980
- Elizabeth G. Baumgartner, first women mayor of Madison, New Jersey[258]
1988
- Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey
2000
- Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010)
2002
- Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey[259]
2008
- Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey[260]
2009
- Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey[261]
2013
- Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey[262]
2014
- Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey[263]
2015
- Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey[264][265]
- Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey
2020
- Dina Grilo, first woman elected Mayor of East Newark, New Jersey
- LaDaena Thomas, first woman elected mayor of Penns Grove, and the first African-American woman to be elected in Salem County, New Jersey
New Mexico
[edit]1936
- Mrs. W. P. Crater, first woman mayor of Des Moines, New Mexico[231]
1982
- Consuelo Salazar-Thompson, first woman mayor of Espanola, New Mexico
1994
- Debbie Jaramillo, first woman mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico
New York
[edit]1929
- Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York[266]
- Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office[267]
- Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York[266]
1937
- Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York
- also the first woman mayor in New York[268]
- Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York
1945
- Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York[269]
1949
- Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York[270]
1955
- Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York[271]
1957
- Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York[272]
- Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York[273]
- Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York[274]
1973
- Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York[275]
1974
- Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York[276]
- Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York[277]
1975
- Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York[278]
- Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York
- also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York[279]
1977
- Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York[280]
1979
- Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York[281]
1981
- Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York[282]
1984
- Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York[283]
1987
- Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York[284]
1993
- Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York[285]
1995
- Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York[286]
2001
- Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
- also the first lesbian mayor of Sag Harbor
- Sandra Strader, first woman elected mayor of Tupper Lake, New York[287]
- Lauren Fortmiller, first woman elected mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
2008
- Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York
2009
- Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York
2013
- Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York[288]
- Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York[289]
- Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York[290]
- Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York[291]
North Carolina
[edit]1922
- Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina[292]
1923
- Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.[293]
1924
- Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina[294][295]
1925
- Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina[296]
1928
- Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina[297]
1954
- Evelyn Kent, first woman elected Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina[298]
1975
- Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina[299]
- Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina[300]
1977
- Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina[1]: 238 [301]
1981
- Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina[302]
1985
- Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina[303]
1987
- Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina[304]
1989
- Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina[305]
1991
- Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina[306]
1993
- Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina[307]
- Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
1995
- Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina[308]
1999
- Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina
2002
- Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina[309]
2017
- Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina[310]
North Dakota
[edit]1946
- Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota[311]
1982
- Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota
Ohio
[edit]1921:
- Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio[312][313][314]
- Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio[315]
1923
- Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.[316]
1954
- Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio[317]
1959
- Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio[318][319]
1961
- Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio[320]
1966
- Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.[321] She served as Mayor of Bedford Heights, Ohio for 15 years. Her administration was instrumental in developing the Reed Park Development, which is the site of the outdoor pool and picnic pavilion. The city saw the most rapid expansion under her administration, doubling the population. The present City Hall and the onset of the many programs that transpired from here resulted in a long term for Mayor Reed. Mayor Reed served until 1981 when she decided not to run again.
1969
- Viola Phillips, first woman elected mayor in Loveland, Ohio[322]
1972
- Ellen Walker Craig-Jones of Urbancrest, Ohio became the first African-American woman to be elected mayor, by popular vote, of a United States municipality.[323]
1976
- Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio[324]
1977
- Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio[325]
1984
- Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio[326]
1986
- Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio[327]
1996
- Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio[328]
2000
- Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio[329]
2001
- Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio[330]
- Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio[331]
2002
- Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio[332]
2003
- Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio[333][334]
2013
- Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio[335]
2016
- Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio[336]
2017
- Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio[337]
2019
- Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio[338]
2021
- Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio[339][340]
- Kelly Montgomery first woman elected mayor of Georgetown, Ohio |date=2023-11-04|
Oklahoma
[edit]1922
- Mamie Foster, first woman elected mayor of Wyandotte, Oklahoma 1922-1927 [341]
1925
- Mildred Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Osage, Oklahoma
1931
- Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma[342]
1971
- Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[343][1]: 238
- Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.[343]
- Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[343][1]: 238
1973
- Lelia Foley was elected the mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. She was the first African American woman to be elected mayor in the United States.[344]
1992
- M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oregon
[edit]
1895
- Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon
1912
- Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon
- also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon.[347] Some sources, including The Daily Astorian, erroneously call Munson the first woman elected mayor in Oregon, however, that distinction belongs to Alice E. Burns who was elected mayor of Florence, Oregon in 1895.[348]
- Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon
1914
- Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon[349][350]
1917
- Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon[351]
1918
- Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon[352]
1920
- Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon[353]
- Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon
- Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes[354]191
1928
Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon.[355] She served for 1929 & 1930. Her husband W.S. Sankey took a leave of absence from his city council term during her tenure as mayor. "I refuse to take orders from the battle axe on the council, when she always bosses me around at home." Mr. Sankey said.
1932
- Edna Allen, first woman mayor of Jefferson, Oregon[356]
1949
- Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon[1]: 238
1955
- Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon[357]
- She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.[358]
- Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon[357]
1981
- Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon[359]
- Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon[360]
1983
- Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon[361]
1985
- Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon[362]
1989
Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon
1993
- Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon[363]
2000
- Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon[364]
2017
- Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon[365]
2020
- Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon[366]
Pennsylvania
[edit]1959
- Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania[367] and first woman mayor elected in Pennsylvania.
1977
- Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania[368]
1989
- Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[369]
- Sophie Masloff, first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[370]
1993
- Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania[371]
2009
- Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania[372]
- Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2022
- Rita Frealing, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania[373]
2023
- Cherelle Parker, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[374]
Rhode Island
[edit]1992
- Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island[375]
1995
- Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island[376]
2008
- Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island[377]
2020
- María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island[378]
South Carolina
[edit]
1925
- Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.[379]
1952
- Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina[380]
1992
- Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2008
- Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina
- Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina[381]
- Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina[382]
2023
- Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina[383]
South Dakota
[edit]1922
- Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota[384]
1950
- Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota[384][385]
Tennessee
[edit]1940
- Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee[386][387]
1961
- May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee[388]
1976
- Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee[389]
1997
- Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee[390]
2011
- Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
2015
- Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee[391]
Texas
[edit]
1917
- Ophelia “Birdie” Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas
- also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.[392]
- Ophelia “Birdie” Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas
1920
- Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,[393]
1937
- Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas[394]
1975
- Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas[1]: 238–239
1976
- Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas
1977
- Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas[1]: 238–239
1982
- Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas
1985
- Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas[395]
1986
- LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas[396]
1987
- Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas[397]
- Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas[398]
1989
- Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas
1990
- Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas[399]
1991
- Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas
1998
- Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas[400]
1999
- Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas[401]
2005
- Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas[402]
2014
- Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas[403]
2015
- Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas[404]
Utah
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1912
- Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah[405]
1919
- Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah[406]
1945
- Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah[407]
1982
- Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah[408]
1991
- Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah[409]
- Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah[410]
1992
- Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah[411]
1998
- JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah[412]
2009
- Melissa Johnson, first woman elected mayor of West Jordan, Utah
- Mia Love, first woman elected mayor Saratoga Springs, Utah and first black woman mayor in Utah
2013
- Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah[413]
2018
- Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah[414]
2022
- Karen Lang, first woman elected mayor of West Valley City, Utah
- Monica Zoltanski, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Utah
Vermont
[edit]1980
- Janet Smith, first woman elected mayor of St. Albans, Vermont, less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.[415]
2019
- Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont[416]
2024
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont[417]
Virginia
[edit]1930
- Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia[418][419][420]
1948
- Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia[421]
1950
- Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia[422]
1962
- Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia[423][1]: 238
1963
- Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia[424]
1986
- Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia[425]
1988
- Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia
1991
- Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia[426]
2008
- Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia[427]
- Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia
2018
- Nikuyah Walker, first African-American female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.
- Treney Tweedy, first woman mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia.
Washington
[edit]1919
- Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington[428]
1924
- Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington[429]
1926
- Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city[430][1]: 238, 242
1932
- Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington[431]
1953
- Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington[432]
1975
- Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington[433]
1977
- Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington[434]
1986
- Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington[435]
2010
- Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington[436]
2012
- Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington
2017
- Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington[437]
- Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington
West Virginia
[edit]1937
- Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia[438]
1972
- Dorothy Comuntzis, first woman mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia[439]
1985
- Stella C. Koerner first woman mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia[440]
1993
- Jean Dean, first woman mayor of Huntington, West Virginia[441]
- Nancy Cartmill, first woman mayor of Barboursville, West Virginia[442]
2018
- Amy Shuler Goodwin, first woman mayor of Charleston, West Virginia[443]
2023
- Anne Bolyard, first woman mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia[444]
Wisconsin
[edit]1923
- Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.[445]
1934
- Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin[446]
Wyoming
[edit]
1912
- Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
- Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming[447]
- Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
1920
- Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming[448]
1922
- Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming[449]
1938
- Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming[450]
1957
- Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming[451]
1965
- Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming[452]
2008
- Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming[453]
2014
- Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming[454]
2016
U.S. territories and associated states
[edit]Guam
[edit]2001
- Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam[456]
District of Columbia
[edit]1990
- Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia[457]
Northern Mariana Islands
[edit]2014
- Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan[458]
Puerto Rico
[edit]1946
- Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico and first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil[459]
See also
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