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Year Mayor Location Notes Ref(s)
1862 Nancy Smith United States Oskaloosa, IA
  • declined to serve
 [1][2][3]
1887 Susanna M. Salter United States Argonia, KS
  • first woman who served as mayor
1888 Mary D. Lowman United States Oskaloosa, KS
  • served alongside all-woman city council
 [4][5]
1889 Lucy Sullivan United States Baldwin, KS
—
 [6]
1893 Barnes United States Geuda Springs, KS
—
 [7]
Elizabeth Yates New Zealand Onehunga, NZ [8]
1894 Anna Austin United States Pleasanton, KS
—
 [9][10]
1895 Alice E. Burns United States Florence, OR
  • first woman mayor in Oregon
  • elected alongside all-woman government
 [11][12]
1896 C. A. Curtis United States Cimarron, KS
—
 [13]
M. A. Wade United States Ellis, KS
—
 [14]
1897 Juno Strain United States Jamestown, KS
—
 [15]
1898 Jesse Parker United States Kendrick, ID
  • first woman mayor in Idaho
 [16]
1908 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson United Kingdom Aldeburgh, ENG
  • first woman mayor in England
 [17]
1910 Gwenllian Morgan United Kingdom Brecon, WAL
  • first woman mayor in Wales
 [18]
1911 Ella Wilson United States Hunnewell, KS
—
 [19]
1912 Clara C. Munson United States Warrenton, OR
—
 [20]
Susan Wissler United States Dayton, WY [21]
Mary Elizabeth Woolley United States Kanab, UT
  • first woman mayor in Utah
1915 Estelle Lawton Lindsey United States Los Angeles, CA [22]
1916 Ellen French Aldrich United States Sawtelle, CA
—
 [23]
1917 Avis Francis United States Valley Center, KS
—
 [24]
Berdie Howard United States Marble Falls, TX
  • first woman mayor in Texas
 [25]
1918 Maria Skobtsova Russia Anapa, RUS [26]
1920 Lula V. Coleman United States Jena, LO [27]
Louise Fussman United States Humboldt, KS
—
 [28]
Grace B. Lampshire United States Burns, OR [29]
1921 Lillian Cox Gault United States St. Peter, MN [30][31]
Amy A. Kaukonen United States Fairport Harbor, OH
—
 [32][33]
Mayme Ousley United States St. James, MO
Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt Belgium Gheluvelt, BE
  • first woman mayor in Belgium
1922 Beatrice Anna Cartwright United Kingdom Brackley, EN
—
Josie Rogers United States Daytona, FL
  • first woman mayor in Florida
  • appointed
Alice Harrell Strickland United States Duluth, GA [34]
1923 Emma J. Harvat United States Iowa City, IA
  • first woman mayor of an American city with a population over 10,000
 [35]
Janet Stancomb-Wills United Kingdom Ramsgate, ENG
—
 [36]
1924 Matilde Pérez Mollá Spain Gorga, ESP
  • first woman mayor in Spain
Mildred Putnam United States Stoutsville, MO
—
 [37]
1925 Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston United States Estell Manor, NJ [38]
Maggie Skipwith Smith United States LO
  • first woman elected mayor of Louisiana
 [39]
1926 Aasa Helgesen Norway Utsira, NOR
  • first woman mayor of Norway
Bertha Knight Landes United States Seattle, WA
  • first woman mayor in Washington,
  • first woman mayor of an American city with a population over 300,000
 [40]
1927 Margaret Beavan United Kingdom Liverpool, ENG
—
Fanne Gaar United States Casa Grande, AZ
  • first woman elected mayor in Arizona
 [41]
Alzira Soriano Brazil Lages, BRZ
  • first woman appointed mayor in Brazil
  • became the first woman elected mayor in Brazil in 1928
1929 Emily Jones United States Eureka, CA
—
 [42]
1930 Sadiye Hanım Turkey Kılıçkaya, TUR
  • first woman elected mayor in Turkey
Luiza Zavloschi Romania Bogdănești, ROM
  • first woman elected mayor in Romania
1935 Alicia Cañas Chile Providencia, CL
  • first woman elected mayor in Chile
1936 Barbara Hanley Canada Webbwood, ON
  • first woman elected mayor in Canada
Ann Eliza Longden United Kingdom Sheffield, ENG
—
1937 Ines V. Serion Philippines Vallehermoso, PHI
Kathrine Wykle United States Clyde, NY
  • first woman elected mayor in New York
 [43]
1938 Lady Gwladys Delamere Kenya Nairobi, KEN
—
 [44]
Lilian Fowler Australia Newtown, AUS
—
 [45]
1939 Kathleen Clarke Republic of Ireland Dublin, IRE
—
Graciela Contreras Chile Santiago, CHI
—
Alice D. Burke United States Westfield, MA [46]
1940 Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle United States Englewood, TN
—
 [47][48]
1941 Marie Elizabeth May Bell Namibia Windhoek, NAM
—
Elsie Chamberlain United Kingdom Bangor, WAL
—
 [49]
Edna Annie Crichton United Kingdom York, ENG
—
1942 Jessie Beatrice Kitson United Kingdom Leeds, ENG
—
Gladys Maasdorp Southern Rhodesia Salisbury, SR
—
1944 Mary Carey Dondero United States Portsmouth, NH
—
 [50][51]
1945 Odette Roux France Les Sables-d'Olonne, FR
  • first woman mayor in France
1946 Luise Albertz Germany Oberhausen, GER
  • first woman elected mayor of Germany
Ninetta Bartoli Italy Sardinia, ITA
  • first woman mayor in Italy
 [52][53]
Truus Beliën Netherlands Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, NET
  • first woman mayor in Netherlands
Felisa Rincón de Gautier Puerto Rico San Juan, PR
  • first woman mayor in Puerto Rico
1947 Sarah G. Leffler United States Mt. Lebanon, PA
  • first woman elected mayor in Pennsylvania
 [54]
Louise Schroeder Germany Berlin, GER
—
1948 Belle Cooledge United States Sacramento, CA
—
Zenzi Hölzl Austria Gloggnitz, AU
  • first woman mayor in Austria
1949 Beryl Archibald Crichlow Trinidad and Tobago San Fernando, TT
Dorothy McCullough Lee United States Portland, OR
—


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