Catherine Dobbs
Catherine Rose Biggs Dobbs (1908-1974) was the first woman Mayor of a major industrial city, Barberton, Ohio, in the United States. Before running for Mayor she was a noted historian and lecturer.
She was born in Shreve, Ohio. Studying journalism briefly at the University of Akron, she did not graduate.
In 1948, she became the first woman to hold a seat in the Ohio Senate. She was a Democrat, and served as Mayor from 1956 to 1961.
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