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|predecessor=[[Norman Y. Mineta]] |
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|birth_place=[[Rushville, Indiana]], [[United States|U.S.]] |
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|death_place=[[Saratoga, California]], U.S. |
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[[File:JanetGrayHayesKPAR.jpg|thumb|250px|Mayor Janet Gray Hayes being interviewed by Blake Crary in 1975 on the "No News" program on KPAR-TV public access]] |
[[File:JanetGrayHayesKPAR.jpg|thumb|250px|Mayor Janet Gray Hayes being interviewed by Blake Crary in 1975 on the "No News" program on KPAR-TV public access]] |
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'''Janet Gray Hayes''' (July 12, 1926 |
'''Janet Gray Hayes''' (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the [[Mayor#United_States|mayor]] of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] from 1975 - 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the [[USA|United States]].<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0fx/ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California], "''Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers''," (retrieved on August 20th, 2010).</ref> She died of a stroke in 2014.<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:57, 22 April 2014
Janet Gray Hayes | |
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| 60th Mayor of San Jose, California | |
| In office January 9, 1975 – January 9, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Y. Mineta |
| Succeeded by | Tom McEnery |
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| Born | July 12, 1926 Rushville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 2014 (aged 87) Saratoga, California, U.S. |
Janet Gray Hayes (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the mayor of San Jose, California from 1975 - 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the United States.[1] She died of a stroke in 2014.[2]
References
- ^ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California, "Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers," (retrieved on August 20th, 2010).
- ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes
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