List of first women mayors in the United States explained

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. Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process. In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa,[1] [2] after being nominated as a "joke",[3] but she declined to hold office.[4]

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.

Alabama

1980

Sue L. Glidewell, first woman elected mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama. Served six consecutive terms for 24 years until retirement in 2004.[5] [6]

1984

Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama[7]

1996

Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama[8]

1997

Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama[9]

2000

Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama[10]

2004

Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama[11]

2009

Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama[12]

2016

Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama[13]

2021

Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama[14]

Alaska

1946

Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska[15] 1956

Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska[16] 1965

Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska[17] 1966

Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska[18] 1975

Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska[19] 1976

Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska[20] [21] 2011

Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska[22]

Arizona

1927

Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona[23] 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.[24] 1976

Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona[25] 1988

Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona[26] 1995

Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona[27] 2023

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa, Arizona[28]

Arkansas

1925

Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas[29] 1966

Katherine Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas1975

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

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.[30] 1916

Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California[31] 1924

Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California[32]

Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California1926

Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California[33] 1928

May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California[34] 1929

Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California[35] 1931

Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California[36] 1941

Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California[37] 1942

Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California[38] 1947

Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California[39] 1948

Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California1952

Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California[40] 1953

Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California[41] 1963

Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California[42]

Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California[43] 1968

Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California[44] 1971

Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California[45]

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[46] 1976

Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.[47] [48]

Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California[49] 1977

Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California[50] 1978

Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California

also served 1983 to 1984[51]

Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco[52]

Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California[53] [54] 1979

Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California1980

Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California[55]

Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California[56] 1981

Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California[57] 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[58] 1982

Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.1983

Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California [59]

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.[60]

1990

Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California[61] 1997

Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California[62] 2009

Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California[63] [64] 2011

Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California

also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California[65]

Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California

also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland[66] 2012

Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California

2016

Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California[67]

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[68]

2018

Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California

2020

Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of Palm Springs2022

Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles[69] [70] [71]

Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim

Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California[72]

Colorado

1916

was appointed by the city council[73] 1929

Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado[74] 1965

Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado1969

Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado[75] 1995

Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado[76]

Connecticut

1967

Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut1987

Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut1993

Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut[77] 2007

April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut2013

Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut[78]

Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut[79]

Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut[80] 2017

Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut[81] 2021

Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.[82]

Delaware

1947

Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware[83] 1966

Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city[84] 2023

Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware[85]

Florida

1917

Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida[86]

also first woman mayor in Florida1921

Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida[87] 1922

Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida[88] 1928

Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida1951

Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida[89] 1961

Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida[90] 1973

Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida[91] 1976

Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida[92] 1977

Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida[93] 1978

Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida[94] 1983

Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida[95] [96]

Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida[97] [98] 1987

Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida[99] 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[100] 2007

Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida[101]

Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida[102] 2014

Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida[103] 2015

Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida[104] 2016

Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida[105] 2017

Daisy Raisler, first woman elected mayor of Hispanic descent of Lake Helen, Florida

Georgia

1921

Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor in the U.S. state of Georgia, in Duluth, Georgia[106]

1934

Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans,[107] first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia[108]

1978

Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia[109]

1991

Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia[110]

2001

Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia[111]

2010

Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia[112]

2012

Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia[113]

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.[114]

Hawaii

1962

Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii.[115] 1981

Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii1991

Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii

Idaho

1898

Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho

also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.[116] 2003

Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho[117]

Illinois

1911

Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois[118] 1915

A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois[119] 1923

Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois[120] [121] 1949

Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois1979

Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois

Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.1983

Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois[122] 2001

Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois

Indiana

1938

Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana[123] 1957

Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana[124] 1964

Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana[125] 1980

Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana1999

Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana[126] 2000

Kathleen Chroback, first woman elected mayor of La Porte, Indiana2006

Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana2007

Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana[127] 2007

Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[128] 2011

Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana

Iowa

1862

Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.

Smith declined to serve as mayor.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[129] 1951

Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa[130] 1971

Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa[131] 1973

Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa2013

Diana Willits, first woman elected mayor of Windsor Heights, Iowa

Kansas

1800s

1887

Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas

the first woman to serve as mayor of an American city.[132] [133] 1888

Mary D. Lowman, first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas

also the second woman mayor in Kansas. She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States.[134] They were all re-elected in 1889.[135] 1889

America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas[136]

Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas[137] [138]

Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas[139]

Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas[140] 1890

Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas[141]

Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas[142] [143] 1891

Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas[144] [145]

Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas[146] 1893

Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.[147] [148]

Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas[149] 1894

Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas[150] [population approx., 1,500][151] 1895

Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas[152] 1896

C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas[153]

M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas

Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.[154] 1897

Anna Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas[155] 1899

Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas[156]

1900s

1911

Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas[157] 1913

Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas[158] 1917

Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas[159] 1920

Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas1933

Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas[160] 1945

Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas[161] 1975

Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas[162] 1997

Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas[163]

2020

Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas[164]

Kentucky

1951

Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky[165] 1993

Pam Miller, first woman mayor of Lexington, Kentucky

Louisiana

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[166] 1925

Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana[167] 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, Louisiana1993

Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana2017

Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge2018

Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana[168]

Maine

1928

Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine[169] 1946

Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine[170]

Maryland

1974

Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland[171] 1986

Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland[172] 1987

Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland[173] 2001

Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland2007

Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland2020

Emily Keller, first woman elected mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland[174] 2021

Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland[175]

Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland[176]

Massachusetts

1939

Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts[177] 1955

Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[178] 1964

Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[179] 1972

Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[180] 1982

Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[181]

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).[182] 1983

Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.[183] 1986

Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[184] 1987

Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.[185] 1989

Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.[186] 1991

Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.[187] 1992

Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.1993

Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.[188]

Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.[189] 1997

Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.[190] 1999

Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.[191]

Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.2002

Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.[192] 2003

Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.[193] 2005

Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts[194]

Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.[195] 2007

Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts[196]

Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)

Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.[197] 2009

Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.[198]

Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.[199]

Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.[200] 2014

Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts[201] 2016

Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.2017

Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts[202]

Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.[203] 2018

Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).[204] 2019

Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.[205]

Shaunna O'Connell, first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.[206] 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).[207]

Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.[208]

2022

Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.[209]

2023

Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.[210]

Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.[211]

Michigan

1948

Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53[212]

1973

Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan

Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan2005

Carol B. Cottrell, first woman elected mayor of Saginaw, Michigan[213] 2015

Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan

Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan2018

Lindsey McGuire-Fountain, first woman mayor and President of DeTour Village, Michigan

2023

Lori M. Stone, first woman mayor of Warren, Michigan

Minnesota

1921

Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota and in any city of Minnesota[214] [215] 1921

Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota[216]

Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota.[217] She was reelected in 1922.[218] 1925

Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota[219] 1935

Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota[220] 1949

Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota[221] 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, Minnesota1992

Jane Robbins, first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota1994

Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota2008

Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota[222] 2013

Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota[223] 2018

Najwa Massad, first woman elected mayor of Mankato, Minnesota

Kim Norton, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, Minnesota

Mississippi

1950

Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi[224] 1977

Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Mayersville, Mississippi2001

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, Mississippi2009

Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi[225] 2017

Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.[226]

Missouri

1921

Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri

Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of Missouri[227] 1924

Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri[228] 1930

Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri[229] 1936

Edith Pearce, first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri

1977

Lillian Herman, first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri

1982

Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri[230]

1999

Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri2017

Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri

Montana

1932

June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana[231] 1936

Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana[232]

Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana[233] 1947

Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana[234] 1963

Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana[235]

Nebraska

1921

Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska[236]

Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska[237] 1975

Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska2006

Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska[238] 2013

Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

1954

Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada[239] 1985

Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada[240] 1999

Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada

New Hampshire

1944

Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire[241] [242] 2007

Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire[243] 2015

Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire2017

Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire[244] [245]

New Jersey

1925

Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey;[246] first mayor and founder of Estell Manor1931

Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert replaced her husband, who died in office as the mayor of Weehawken[247] 1933

Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey[248] 1943

Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey[249] 1950

Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey[250] 1951

Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey[251] 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[252] 1972

Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County[253] 1973

Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey1974

Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey[254] 1977

Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey[255] 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[256] 1988

Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey2000

Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010)2002

Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey[257] 2008

Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey[258] 2009

Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey[259] 2013

Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey[260] 2014

Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey[261] 2015

Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey[262] [263]

Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey2020

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

1936

Mrs. W. P. Crater, first woman mayor of Des Moines, New Mexico[264]

1982

Consuelo Salazar-Thompson, first woman mayor of Espanola, New Mexico

1994

Debbie Jaramillo, first woman mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico

New York

1929

Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York[265]

Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office[266] 1937

Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York

also the first woman mayor in New York[267] 1945

Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York[268] 1949

Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York[269] 1955

Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York[270] 1957

Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York[271]

Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York[272]

Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York[273] 1973

Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York[274] 1974

Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York[275]

Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York[276] 1975

Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York[277]

Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York

also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York[278] 1977

Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York[279] 1979

Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York[280] 1981

Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York[281] 1984

Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York[282] 1987

Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York[283] 1993

Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York[284] 1995

Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York[285] 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[286] 2008

Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York2009

Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York2013

Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York[287]

Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York[288]

Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York[289]

Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York[290]

North Carolina

1922

Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina[291]

1923

Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.[292] 1924

Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina[293] [294] 1925

Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina[295]

1928

Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina[296]

1954

Evelyn Kent, First Female Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina[297]

1975

Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina[298]

Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina[299] 1977

Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina[300] 1981

Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina[301] 1985

Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina[302] 1987

Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina[303] 1989

Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina[304] 1991

Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina[305] 1993

Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina[306]

Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina1995

Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina[307] 1999

Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina2002

Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina[308] 2017

Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina[309]

North Dakota

1946

Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota[310]

1982

Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota

Ohio

1921:

Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio[311] [312] [313]

Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio[314] 1923

Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.[315] 1954

Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio[316] 1959

Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio[317] [318] 1961

Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio[319] 1966

Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.[320] 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[321] 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.[322] 1976

Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio[323] 1977

Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio[324] 1984

Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio[325] 1986

Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio[326] 1996

Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio[327] 2000

Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio[328] 2001

Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio[329]

Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio[330] 2002

Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio[331] 2003

Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio[332] [333] 2013

Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio[334] 2016

Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio[335] 2017

Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio[336] 2019

Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio[337] 2021

Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio[338] [339]

Oklahoma

1931

Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma[340] 1971

Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[341]

Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.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.[342] 1992

M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

1895

Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon

Burns was also the first woman elected in the state of Oregon. Women were elected to all other town offices as well.[343] [344] 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.[345] 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.[346] 1914

Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon[347] [348] 1917

Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon[349] 1918

Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon[350] 1920

Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon[351]

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[352] 1911928

Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon.[353] 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[354] 1949

Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon1955

Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon[355]

She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.[356] 1981

Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon[357]

Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon[358] 1983

Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon[359] 1985

Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon[360]

1989

Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon

1993

Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon[361] 2000

Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon[362] 2017

Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon[363] 2020

Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon[364]

Pennsylvania

1959

Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania[365] and first woman mayor elected in Pennsylvania.

1977

Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania[366] 1989

Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania[367]

Sophie Masloff, first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[368] 1993

Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania[369] 2009

Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania[370]

Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania2022

Rita Frealing, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania[371] 2023

Cherelle Parker, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[372]

Rhode Island

1992

Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island[373] 1995

Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island[374] 2008

Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island[375] 2020

María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island[376]

South Carolina

1925

Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.[377]

1952

Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina[378]

1992

Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina2008

Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina

Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina[379]

Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina[380]

2023

Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina[381]

South Dakota

1922

Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota[382]

1950

Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota[383]

Tennessee

1940

Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee[384] [385] 1961

May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee[386] 1976

Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee[387] 1997

Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee[388] 2011

Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee2015

Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee[389]

Texas

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.[390] 1920

Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,[391] 1937

Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas[392] 1975

Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas1976

Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas1977

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas1982

Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas1985

Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas[393] 1986

LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas[394] 1987

Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas[395]

Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas[396] 1989

Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas1990

Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas[397]

1991

Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas1998

Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas[398] 1999

Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas[399] 2005

Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas[400] 2014

Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas[401] 2015

Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas[402]

Utah

1912

Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah[403] 1919

Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah[404] 1945

Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah[405] 1982

Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah[406] 1991

Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah[407]

Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah[408] 1992

Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah[409] 1998

JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah[410] 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 Utah2013

Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah[411] 2018

Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah[412] 2022

Karen Lang, first woman elected mayor of West Valley City, Utah

Monica Zoltanski, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Utah

Vermont

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.[413] 2019

Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont[414] 2024

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont[415]

Virginia

1930

Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia[416] [417] [418] 1948

Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia[419] 1950

Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia[420] 1962

Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia[421] 1963

Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia[422] 1986

Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia[423] 1988

Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia1991

Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia[424] 2008

Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia[425]

Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia2018

Nikuyah Walker, first African-American female mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia.

Treney Tweedy, first woman mayor of Lynchburg, Virginia.

Washington

1919

Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington[426] 1924

Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington[427] 1926

Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city[428] 1932

Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington[429] 1953

Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington[430] 1975

Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington[431] 1977

Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington[432] 1986

Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington[433] 2010

Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington[434] 2012

Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington2017

Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington[435]

Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

West Virginia

1937

Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia[436]

1972

Dorothy Comuntzis, first woman mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia[437]

1985

Stella C. Koerner first woman mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia[438]

1993

Jean Dean, first woman mayor of Huntington, West Virginia[439]

Nancy Cartmill, first woman mayor of Barboursville, West Virginia[440]

2018

Amy Shuler Goodwin, first woman mayor of Charleston, West Virginia[441]

2023

Anne Bolyard, first woman mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia[442]

Wisconsin

1923

Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.[443] 1934

Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin[444]

Wyoming

1912

Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming

Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming[445] 1920

Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming[446] 1922

Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming[447] 1938

Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming[448] 1957

Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming[449] 1965

Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming[450] 2008

Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming[451] 2014

Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming[452] 2016

Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming[453]

U.S. territories and associated states

Guam

2001

Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam[454]

District of Columbia

1990

Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia[455]

Northern Mariana Islands

2014

Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan[456]

Puerto Rico

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[457]

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