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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 ...
Some mayors have chosen their daughter, mother, or another female relative. [3] A male companion for a female mayor may be given the title of lord mayor's consort. [1] [4] When Jessie Beatrice Kitson was the first female lord mayor of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England in 1942–1943, she chose her friend Elinor Gertrude Lupton as her lady mayoress ...
The first woman to serve as mayor in the United States is believed to be Susanna M. Salter, who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. [3] [4] [5] However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Asma Chaabi, first female mayor of Essaouira, and the first woman elected mayor in Morocco Rosina Hoebes, first woman elected mayor of Swakopmund, Namibia [12] Laine Jänes, first woman mayor of Tartu, Estonia [13] Josefa Luzardo, first woman mayor of Las Palmas, Spain Valentina Matviyenko, first woman mayor of Saint Petersburg, Russia
Louise Schroeder, first female mayor of Berlin, Germany . 1948. Zenzi Hölzl, first female mayor of Gloggnitz and also the first female mayor in Austria Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California, United States Mildred Stark, first female mayor of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Michigan [115] also first female mayor in ...
Hialeah Mayor Esteban “Steve” Bovo’s plans to step down and take a job with a lobbying firm in Washington D.C. will trigger a significant political transition in the city, the second-largest ...
Michelle Wu, (Chinese: 吳弭; [1] pinyin: Wú Mǐ; born January 14, 1985) [2] [3] known colloquially as Mayor Wu, is an American politician serving as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, since 2021. The daughter of Taiwanese American immigrants, Wu earned her bachelor's degree and Juris Doctor from Harvard University .
Lelia Foley-Davis (born November 7, 1942), formerly known as Lelia Foley, is an American politician who served as mayor of Taft, Oklahoma. [1] Elected in 1973, she has been described as the first African-American woman elected mayor in the United States.