# List of first women mayors (20th century)

The following is a list of the first women to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.

## 1900s

1906
       Lady Margaret Dockrell, first women chair of the Urban District Council of Monkstown, Ireland, United Kingdom
1908
       Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman mayor in England and first female mayor of Aldeburgh, United Kingdom

## 1910s

1910
       Sarah Lees, first woman mayor of Oldham, in Lancashire, England
       Gwenllian Morgan, first woman mayor of Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom
          first woman mayor in Wales
1911
       Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois, United States
       Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas
1912
       Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon, United States
          also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon. 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.
       Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah, United States
       Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming, United States
          Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming
1913
       H.C. Defenhaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas, United States
1914
       Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon, United States
1915
       Angela Rose Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois, United States
       Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of Mayor of Los Angeles, California, United States
          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.
1916
       Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, United States
       C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado, United States
          was appointed by the city council
       Mary Alice Partington, first woman mayor of Glossop, in Derbyshire .
1917
       Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas, United States
       Ophelia "Birdie" Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas, United States
          also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.
       Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida, United States
          also first woman mayor in Florida
       Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon, United States
1918
       Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon, United States
       Maria Skobtsova, first woman mayor in the Russian Empire and first female mayor of Anapa, Russia
1919
       Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington, United States
          was elected with an all-woman city council
       Ada Summers, first woman elected mayor of Stalybridge, in Cheshire, England

## 1920s

1920
       Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas, United States,
       Ellen Chapman, first woman elected mayor of Worthing, in West Sussex, England
       Lula V. Coleman first woman mayor of Jena, Louisiana, United States
          Coleman, who was serving as deputy sheriff of LaSalle Parish, was appointed mayor by Governor John M. Parker, making her the first woman to serve as mayor in Louisiana
       Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois, United States
       Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas, United States
       Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon, United States
          also the first woman elected mayor in Oregon by write-in vote
       Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, United States
       Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of Mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States
          Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes
1921
       Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida, United States
       Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, first woman elected mayor of Gheluvelt, Belgium
          also the first woman elected mayor in Belgium
       Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota, United States
          also the first woman to serve as mayor in Minnesota
       Christiana Hartley, first woman elected mayor of Southport, in Lancashire, England
       Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, United States
       Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri, United States
          Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of Missouri
       Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States
       Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota, United States
       Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Milford, Ohio, United States
       Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor of Duluth, Georgia, United States
          Strickland was the first woman elected mayor in the state of Georgia
       Clara Winterbotham, first woman elected mayor of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, England
1922
       Beatrice Anna Cartwright, first woman elected mayor of Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
       Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida, United States
       Ada Salter, Mayor of Bermondsey, first woman mayor in London
       Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina, United States
1923
       Catherine Alderton, first woman mayor of Colchester, England, United Kingdom
       Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, United States
          first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants
       Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio, United States
          was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.
       Janet Stancomb-Wills, first woman mayor of Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom
1924
       Kathrine M. Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
       Lucy Dales, first woman elected mayor of Dunstable, England, United Kingdom
       Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California, United States
          also Signal Hill's first mayor
       Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California, United States
       Carrie Maude Eve, first woman elected mayor of Stoke Newington, in London, England
       Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington, United States
       Ethel Leach, first woman elected mayor of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England
       Mary Mercer, first woman elected mayor of Birkenhead, in Cheshire, England
       Matilde Pérez Mollá, first woman elected mayor in Spain, (city of Gorga, Spain)
       Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri, United States
1925
       Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor in South Carolina and first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina.
       Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey, United States ,
          first mayor and founder of Estell Manor
       Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas, United States
       Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana, United States
1926
       Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California, United States
       Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington, United States
          first woman mayor of a major American city
       Aasa Helgesen, first woman elected mayor of Utsira and first female mayor in Norway
1927
       Alzira Soriano de Souza, first female appointed mayor in Brazil
          also first female mayor of Lages
       Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona, United States
       Margaret Beavan, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
          first woman lord mayor in the United Kingdom
       Lucia Foster Welch, first woman elected Mayor of Southampton, England, United Kingdom
1928
       Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman elected mayor of Kenilworth Park, North Carolina, United States
       Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida, United States
       Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor of Owls Head, Maine, United States
          "mayor" was an honorary title chosen by the Owls Head Select Committee
       May B. Hopkins, first woman elected mayor of Redondo Beach, California, United States
       Alzira Soriano, first woman elected mayor in Latin America, mayor of Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
1929
       Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California, United States
       Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York, United States
          Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office

## 1930s

1930
       A. F. Board, first woman elected Mayor of Watford, England, United Kingdom
       Sadiye Hanım, first woman elected mayor in Turkey when elected for Kılıçkaya in Artvin
       Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri, United States
       Luiza Zavloschi, first woman elected mayor in Romania when elected for Buda (Bogdănești)
1931
       Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert chosen to fill the office of her husband as mayor of Weehawken, New Jersey
       Miriam Moses, first woman elected mayor of Stepney, England, United Kingdom
          also the first Jewish woman mayor in the United Kingdom
       Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States
       Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California, United States
       Grace Prescott, first woman elected mayor of Godmanchester, England, United Kingdom
1932
       Stella Alexander, first woman elected mayor of Issaquah, Washington, United States
       Edna Allen, first woman elected mayor of Jefferson, Oregon, United States
       Elsie Kimber, first woman elected mayor of Newbury, England, United Kingdom
       June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana, United States
1933
       Elena Azcuy, first woman mayor of Consolación del Norte, Cuba
          Azcuy was the first woman to serve as mayor of a Cuban municipality.
       Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey, United States
       Lily Sophia Tawney, first woman elected mayor of Oxford, England, United Kingdom
          in 1960, the title was changed to Lord Mayor of Oxford.
       Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas, United States
1934
       Mrs. Solomon S. Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia, United States
1935
       Alicia Cañas, first female elected mayor in Chile, the first of Providencia
       Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota, United States
1936
       Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana, United States
       Aurora Mesa Andraca, first woman mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico
       Barbara Hanley, first woman elected mayor in Canada when elected to office in Webbwood, Ontario
       Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana, United States
       Ann Eliza Longden, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
1937
       Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman elected mayor of Kyle, Texas, United States
       Ines V. Serion, the first woman elected mayor in Philippines—elected in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental
       Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York, United States
          also the first woman mayor in New York
1938
       Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana, United States
       Lilian Fowler, first woman mayor in Australia, at Newtown
       Lady Gwladys Delamere, first woman mayor of Nairobi, Kenya Colony (today Kenya)
       Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming, United States
          Terrill ran unopposed
1939
       Kathleen Clarke, first woman Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland
       Graciela Contreras, first woman elected mayor in Santiago, Chile
       Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States

## 1940s

1940
       Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee, United States
1941
       Elsie Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom
       Marie Elizabeth May Bell, first woman mayor of Windhoek, South West Africa (today Namibia)
       Edna Annie Crichton, first woman Lord Mayor of York, England, United Kingdom
1942
       Gladys Maasdorp, first woman mayor of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe)
       Jessie Beatrice Kitson, first woman Lord Mayor of Leeds, England, United Kingdom
          took office after the previous male holder, Arthur Clark, died in office
       Jessie Reed, first woman elected mayor of Seal Beach, California, United States
1943
       Edith May Greenan, first woman to serve as mayor of Avalon, New Jersey, United States
       Nellie Grace Ibbott, first woman mayor of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia
1944
       Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
1945
       Mary Carey Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States
       Ursula Meisterernst, first woman mayor of Arnstadt, Germany
          Meisterernst was the first woman to serve as mayor in Germany.
       Mabel Nielsen, first woman mayor of Panguitch, Utah, United States
       Odette Roux, first woman mayor of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the first woman mayor in France
       Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York, United States
1946
       Virginia Oteyza-De Guia, first woman mayor of Baguio, Philippines
       Doris Barnes, first woman elected mayor of Wrangell, Alaska, United States
       Truus Smulders-Beliën, first woman mayor of Oost-, West- en Middelbeers and the first woman mayor in Netherlands
       Luise Albertz, first woman elected mayor in Oberhausen and the first elected female mayor (Oberbürgermeisterin) in Germany
       Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico
          first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil
       Ninetta Bartoli, first woman mayor in Italy and first female mayor in Sardinia.
1947
       Juliet M. Gregory, first woman elected mayor of Missoula, Montana, United States
       Mary Kingsmill Jones, first elected female Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, United Kingdom
       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
          also first female mayor in Michigan
1949
       Gertrude A. Richardson, first woman mayor of Taree, New South Wales, Australia
          also the first woman mayor of a municipality in New South Wales
       Beryl Archbald Crichlow, first female mayor of San Fernando, and the first woman elected mayor in Trinidad and Tobago
       Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States
       Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York, United States
       Salawati Daud, first woman mayor of Makassar, Indonesia and the first female mayor in Indonesia
       Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota, United States

## 1950s

1950
       Dorothy Davis, first woman mayor of Washington, Virginia, United States
       Kathleen Harper, first woman to serve as mayor of Bath, England, United Kingdom
       Jacquetta Marshall, first woman mayor of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom
       Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi
       Erika Keck, first woman elected mayor in Ahrensburg and the first elected female mayor (Bürgermeisterin) in Germany
       Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
       Müfide İlhan, first woman elected mayor in Turkey and of Mersin
       Augustine Magdalena Waworuntu, first woman mayor of Manado, Indonesia
       Rohana Muthalib, first woman mayor of Pontianak, Indonesia
1951
       Blanche Barkl, first woman mayor of Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia
       Miriam Cummings, first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California, United States
       Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky and Maysville, Kentucky, United States
       Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa, United States
       Charlotte Whitton, first woman elected mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
       Olga Maturana, first woman elected Mayor of Pichilemu, Chile
       Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey, United States
1952
       Violet Grantham, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom
       Alice S. Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
       Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina, United States
1953
       Elsie Gibbons, first woman elected mayor of an municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec
       Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States
1954
       Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor in Nevada and first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
       Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
       Emílie Knotková, first woman elected mayor in Liberec, Czechoslovakia
       Olive Louise Urquhart, first woman mayor of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada
          also the first woman mayor in Quebec
       Adela Van Severen, first woman mayor of Santa Tecla, El Salvador
          also the first woman mayor in the country
1955
       Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York, United States
       Jane Forrester, first woman elected mayor of Belleville, Ontario, Canada
       Maud Godsmark, first woman elected mayor of Gatooma, Southern Rhodesia (now Kadoma, Zimbabwe)
       Alba Roballo, first woman elected to the (then collective) Municipal Council of Montevideo, Uruguay
       Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon, United States
1956
       Maria Desylla-Kapodistria, first woman elected mayor in Greece and of Corfu (city)
       Dorothy Edwards, first woman elected mayor in Tasmania, Australia and of Launceston
       Hannah Levin, first woman mayor of Rishon LeZion, Israel
       Smt. Sulochana M. Modi, first woman elected mayor in Mumbai, India
       Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska, United States
       Mary Estus Jones Webb, first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
       Winnifred Breward, first woman elected mayor of West Hartlepool, United Kingdom
1957
       Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York, United States
       Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming, United States
       Hulda Dóra Jakobsdóttir, first woman elected mayor in Kópavogur and first female mayor in Iceland
       Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
       Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York, United States
1958
       Aruna Asaf Ali, first woman elected mayor in Delhi, India
       Tara Cherian, first woman elected mayor in Chennai, India
       Iris Winnifred King, first woman elected mayor in Kingston, Jamaica
       Aldamira Guedes Fernandes, first woman elected mayor in Brazil and also first female mayor of Quixeramobim
       Ester Roa, first woman elected mayor in Concepción, Chile
       Mary Pearce, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Leeds, England, United Kingdom
1959
       Barbara Ashton, first woman elected mayor of Que Que, Southern Rhodesia (today Kwekwe, Zimbabwe)
       Helena Evans, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
       Jane Dowdall, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland
       Joyce Newton-Thompson, first woman elected mayor of Cape Town, South Africa

## 1960s

1960
       Auður Auðuns, first woman mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland
       Dame Jean Roberts, first woman Lord Provost of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
          first woman lord provost. "Provost" is used instead of "mayor" in Scotland
       Margot Brett, first woman mayor of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe)
       Bessie Bicknell, first woman mayor of Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom
1961
       Barbara Saben, first woman mayor of Kampala, Uganda
       May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
       Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida, United States
       Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio, United States
1962
       Araguacy Gonçalves, first woman elected mayor of Antônio Gonçalves, Bahia, Brazil
       Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia, United States
       Leonida Tămaș, first woman mayor of Timișoara, Romania
1963
       Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California, United States
       Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California, United States
       Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana, United States
       Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia, United States
       Anita Fernandini de Naranjo, first woman mayor of Lima, Peru
       Florence Mills Brown, first woman elected lord mayor of Bristol, England, United Kingdom
1964
       Lenore Bishop, first woman mayor of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
          also first woman mayor in South Australia
       Vera Kolarič, first woman mayor of Maribor (present Slovenia)
       Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana, United States
1965
       Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado, United States
       Annie Major, first elected female Lord mayor of Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom
       Florence Kathleen Lower, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Oxford, England, United Kingdom
       Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming, United States
       Grace Onyango, first woman elected mayor of Kisumu, Kenya
          also the first African woman who was a mayor of an African city
1966
       Sarita Baracat, first woman mayor of Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil
       Katherine Green, became the first female mayor of Eureka Spring, Arkansas.
       Constance Cummings-John, first appointed woman mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone
       Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska, United States
1967
       Norma Villareal de Zambrano, first woman mayor in Mexico
       Ann Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States
       Grace Hartman, first woman mayor of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
       Janet Wesonga, first woman mayor of Mbale, Uganda
       Mary "Peggy" Kerr, first woman mayor of Sayreville, New Jersey, United States
          was elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in New Jersey
       Nellie Robinson, first woman mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
          also the first woman mayor in Queensland
       Marie Madoé Sivomey, first woman mayor of Lomé, Togo
          also the first woman mayor in the country
1968
       Silvia Boza, first woman mayor of Las Condes, Chile
       Lise Girardin, first woman Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland
       Hsu Shih-Hsien, first woman elected mayor of Chiayi City and the first woman elected mayor in Taiwan
       Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California, United States
       Jean Robinson, first woman elected mayor of Blackpool, England, United Kingdom
1969
       Pilar Careaga Basabe, first woman mayor of Bilbao, Spain
       Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado, United States
       Viola Phillips, first woman mayor elected in Loveland, Ohio, United States
          also first woman mayor in Hamilton County

## 1970s

1970
       Margaret Kenyatta, first black female mayor of Nairobi, Kenya
       Dabir Azam Hosna, first woman elected mayor of Babolsar, Iran
       Colette Flesch, first woman elected mayor of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
1971
       Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
          Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.
       Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa, United States
       Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California, United States
       Norene Mosley, first woman elected mayor of Polson, Montana, United States
1972
       Mila Elaine Cameron, first woman elected mayor of Point Comfort, Texas, United States
       Ellen Walker Craig-Jones, first woman elected mayor of Urbancrest, Ohio, United States
          also the first African-American woman to be elected mayor by popular vote of a United States municipality.
       Phyllis Loe, first woman elected Lord mayor of Portsmouth, United Kingdom
       Jane Bigelow, first woman mayor of London, Ontario, Canada
       Stella Harris Oaks, first woman to serve as mayor of Vernal, Utah, United States
          Oaks was served as acting mayor
       Marian Perry Whitehurst, first woman mayor of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
1973
       Jemima Cook, first woman elected mayor of Twin Bridges, Montana, United States
       Doris A. Davis, first woman mayor of Compton, California, United States
       Lelia Foley, first woman mayor of Taft, Oklahoma
       Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey, United States
       Marjorie Alice Brown, first woman elected Lord mayor of Birmingham, United Kingdom
       Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa, United States
       Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York, United States
       Jane Tolmach first woman elected Mayor of Oxnard, California, United States
1974
       Diane L. Bervig, First elected Mayor of Williston, North Dakota, United States A chance meeting, a day of fun
       Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected Mayor of San Jose, California, United States
          Hayes was also the first female mayor of a major U.S. city with more than 500,000 residents.
       Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, United States
       Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia, United States
       Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York, United States
1975
       Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York, United States
       Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
       Mary Byrne, first woman elected mayor of Galway, Ireland
       Ione Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
       Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas, United States
       Joy Cummings, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Newcastle (New South Wales), Australia
       Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States
       Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington, United States
       Evelyn Helena Parker, first woman mayor of Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
          also the first woman mayor in Western Australia
       Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas, United States
       Jeannette Plambeck, first woman mayor of Burns, Wyoming, United States
       Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York, United States
          also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York
       Ella Stack, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Darwin, Australia
1976
       Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, United States
          served as Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi from 1976 to 2001
       Sofía Medina de López, first woman elected mayor of Medellín, Colombia
       Adelina Rodriguez, first woman elected mayor of Quezon City, Philippines
       Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, United States
       Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States
       Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California, United States
       Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, United States
       Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California, United States
1977
       Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
       Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
       Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California, United States
       Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett Washington, United States
       Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas, United States
       Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania, United States
       Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York, United States
       Mathilde Schroyens, first woman elected mayor of Antwerp, Belgium
1978
       Dianne Feinstein, first woman and first person of Jewish faith to serve as Mayor of San Francisco, United States
          Feinstein was appointed mayor on 4 December 1978 following the shooting death of her predecessor, George Moscone. In 1979, she became the first woman elected Mayor of San Francisco.
       Enma González, first elected female Mayor of Vigo, Spain
       Dusty Miller, first woman elected Mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
       Marjorie Carroll, first woman elected Mayor of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
       Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
       Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California, United States
          also served 1983 to 1984
1979
       Núria Albó, first woman elected mayor of La Garriga, Spain
       Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States, United States
          Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.
       Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California, United States
       Delitha Kilgore, first woman elected mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, United States
       Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New Yorkk, United States
       Regina Zokosky, first woman elected mayor of Indio, California, United States

## 1980s

1980
       Janice Bateman, first woman mayor of Berwick, Victoria, Australia
       Sr. Carolyn Farrell, first woman elected mayor of Dubuque, Iowa, United States
          Farrell was the first nun elected mayor in Iowa
       Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California, United States
       Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana, United States
       Janet Smith, first woman elected mayor of St. Albans (city), Vermont, United States
          less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.
1981
       Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, United States
       Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon, United States
       Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York, United States
       Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
       Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected Mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States
          previously served from 1977 to 1979 as chosen by city council
       Violet Khouri, first woman elected mayor of Kafr Yasif and the first female mayor in Israel
       Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California, United States
       Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina, United States
       Dr. G. M. Wells, first woman elected mayor of Enterprise, Kansas, United States
1982
       Claudette Kaye McCrary, first woman elected mayor of Casper, Wyoming, United States
       Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas, United States
       Tina Tomlje, first woman mayor of Ljubljana, present Slovenia
       Grace Bannister, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Belfast, United Kingdom
       Patricia Rustad, first woman elected mayor of Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada
       Kit Ward, first woman mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth, England, United Kingdom
       Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah, United States
1983
       Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, first woman elected Lord Mayor of London, England, United Kingdom
       Luiza Erundina, first woman elected mayor of São Paulo, Brasil
       Wendy Chapman, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Australia
       Edith Henningsgaard, first woman elected mayor of Astoria, Oregon, United States
       Elizabeth Kishkon, first woman elected mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada
       Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon, United States
       Eve Poole, first woman elected mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand
       Elda Pucci, first woman elected mayor of Palermo, Italy
          also the first female mayor of an Italian city
       Catherine Tizard, first woman elected mayor of Auckland, New Zealand
       Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, United States
1984
       Daurene Lewis, first black female mayor in Nova Scotia, Canada (Annapolis Royal)
       Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama, United States
       Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, United States
       Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York, United States
       Elsie Wayne, first woman elected mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick Canada
1985
       Sallyanne Atkinson, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia
          first woman member of the Liberal Party of Australia to serve as Lord Mayor
       Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina, United States
       Dee Donne, the first woman elected mayor of Torrington, Connecticut, United States
       Bogdana Glumac-Levakov, first woman elected mayor of Zrenjanin, present Serbia
       Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States
       Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada, United States
       Karen Kirby, first woman elected mayor of Miami Shores, Florida, United States
       Gerri Lynn O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada
       Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas, United States
       Joan Barr, first woman elected mayor of Evanston, Illinois, United States
       Kristi M. Vetri, first woman elected mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois, United States
1986
       Julene Kennerly, first woman elected mayor of Browning, Montana, United States
          also the first Native American woman elected mayor in the United States
       Alexis Ord, first woman elected mayor of Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia
       Gretchen Brewin, first woman elected mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
       Doone Kennedy, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
       Maria Luíza Fontenele, first woman elected mayor of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil
       Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California, United States
       Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia, United States
       Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio, United States
          Reed served for ten minutes before tendering her resignation
1987
       Maria Magnani Noya, first woman elected mayor of Turin, Italy
       Carrie Saxon Perry, first woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States
       Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida, United States
       May Cutler, first woman elected mayor of Westmount, Quebec, Canada
       Sue Myack, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
       Lottie Shackelford, first woman to serve as mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
       Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York, United States
       Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States
       Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, United States
       Helen Perkins, first woman elected mayor of Hollandale, Mississippi, United States
          also the city's first African American mayor
1988
       Agnes Devanadera, first woman elected mayor of Sampaloc, Quezon, Philippines
       Elizabeth H. Dwarica, first woman elected mayor of Leonia, New Jersey, United States
       Luiza Erundina, first woman elected mayor of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
       Wilma de Faria, first woman elected mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
       Eleanor McLaughlin, first woman Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
       Sophie Masloff, first woman elected Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
       Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States
       Joyce Trimmer, first woman elected mayor of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
       Rosalia I. Umali, first woman elected Mayor of Calapan, Philippines
1989
       Annette Jäger, first female mayor of Essen, Germany
       Catherine Trautmann, first woman elected mayor of Strasbourg, France
       Jan Reimer, first woman elected mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
       Vicki Buck, first woman elected Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand
       Krystyna Nesteruk, first woman elected mayor of Katowice, Poland
       Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
       Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas, United States
       Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
       Clementina Ródenas, first woman elected mayor of Valencia, Spain
       Marguerite Balenguélé-Zarambaud, first woman mayor of Bangui, Central African Republic

## 1990s
### 1990

       Hazel Beard, first woman elected mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
       Franciszka Cegielska first woman elected mayor of Gdynia, Poland
       Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California, United States
       Rohani Darus Danil first woman mayor of Tebing Tinggi, Indonesia
       Marie Bednářová, first woman elected mayor of Kladno, Czech Republic

### 1991

       Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah, United States
       Ruth Devenney, first woman mayor of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia
       Harue Kitamura, first woman elected mayor of Ashiya, Japan
       Moira Leiper Ducharme, first woman elected mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
       Linda Lingle, first woman elected Mayor of Maui, Hawaii, United States
       Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia, United States
       Ana Rosa Payán, first woman elected mayor of Mérida, Mexico
       June Rowlands, first woman elected mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
       Kaba Rougui Barry, first woman elected mayor of Matam, Guinea
       Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia, United States
       Elizabeth Brater, first woman elected Mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
       Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah, United States
       Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, United States

### 1992

       Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
       Irene Sáez, first woman elected mayor of Chacao Municipality, Venezuela
       Sonia Durán de Infante, first woman in function of mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
       Rose Janneire, first woman elected mayor of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago
       Jane Robbins, first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota, United States
       Marilyn Roman, first woman to serve as Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
          served as acting mayor for over four months following the removal of her predecessor, Gerald McCann, who was convicted of fraud
       Ann-Marit Sæbønes, first woman elected mayor of Oslo, Norway
       M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
       Claire Stewart, first woman elected mayor of New Plymouth, New Zealand
       Susan Thompson, first woman elected mayor of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
       Fran Wilde, first woman elected mayor of Wellington, New Zealand
       Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, United States
       Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah, United States
          Welsh defeated Joyce Johnson, the first woman mayor of Orem who was appointed by the city council, in the 1991 general election

### 1993

       Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut, United States
       Eunice Britto, first woman elected mayor Mangalore (Mangaluru), India
       Rita Cutajar, first woman mayor of Għasri (Gozo), and also first female mayor in Malta
       Slobodanka Gruden, first woman elected mayor of Belgrade, Serbia
       Ildikó Asztalos, first woman elected mayor of Miskolc, Hungary
       Agnethe Davidsen, first woman elected mayor of Nuuk, Greenland
       Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon, United States
       Frances Gibbs, first woman elected mayor of Peekskill, New York.
       Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States
       Sylvia Kerckhoff first woman elected mayor of Durham, North Carolina
       Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York, United States
       Judy Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Oviedo, Florida, United States
       Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
       Hana Demlová, first woman elected mayor of Pardubice, Czech Republic

### 1994

       Patricia Candiano, first woman mayor of Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
       Dagmar Lastovecká, first woman elected mayor of Brno, Czech Republic
       Marie-Luise Smeets, first woman elected mayor of Düsseldorf, Germany

### 1995

       Muriel Allerton, first woman elected mayor of Fulton, Oswego County, New York, United States
       Soledad Becerril, first elected female mayor of Seville, Spain
       Ivi Eenmaa, first woman mayor of Tallinn, Estonia
       Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York, United States
       Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
       Petra Roth first woman elected mayor of Frankfurt, Germany
       Luisa Fernanda Rudi, first elected female mayor of Zaragoza, Spain
       Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona, United States
       Saroj Singh, first woman elected mayor of Varanasi, India
       Sukhi Turner, first woman elected mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand
       Celia Villalobos, first elected female mayor of Málaga, Spain
       Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

### 1996

       Margaret Farquhar, first woman elected Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
       Marina Matulović-Dropulić, first woman in function of mayor of Zagreb, Croatia
          (appointed 1996, elected 1997)
       Eva-Riitta Siitonen, first woman elected mayor of Helsinki, Finland

### 1997

       Sue Bauman, first woman elected mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, United States
       Fay Brennan, first woman elected mayor of Wyong, New South Wales, Australia
       Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California, United States
       Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas, United States
       Tokozile Xasa, first woman elected mayor of Amathole District, South Africa
          also first woman mayor in Eastern Cape

### 1998

       Maria Clara Lobregat, first woman elected Mayor of Zamboanga City, Philippines
       Elenita Binay, first woman elected Mayor of Makati City, Philippines
       Fran Barford, first woman elected mayor of Temple Terrace, Florida, United States
          Barford ran unopposed
       Roxanne Browning, first women elected mayor of Northport, New York, United States
       Janet Crampsey, first woman mayor of Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
       Miriam Feirberg, first woman elected mayor of Netanya, Israel
       Betty Flores, first woman elected mayor of Laredo, Texas, United States
       Yael German, first woman elected mayor of Herzliya, Israel
       Diane Mathis, first woman mayor of Tulare, California, United States
       Fikile Mtembu, first woman elected mayor of Manzini, Eswatini
          also first woman mayor in Swaziland
       Maria O'Brien Campbell, first woman mayor of Drogheda, Ireland
       Vilma Santos, first woman elected mayor of Lipa City, Philippines
       Sarojini Yogeswaran, first woman elected mayor of Jaffna, Sri Lanka
          she was assassinated three months into her term
       Molly Mulyahati Djubaedi, first woman mayor of Sukabumi, Indonesia

### 1999

       Rosa Aguilar, first woman elected mayor of Córdoba, Spain
       Yolanda Barcina, first woman elected mayor of Pamplona, Spain
       Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, United States
       Paz Fernández, first woman elected mayor of Gijón, Spain
       Jan Laverty Jones, first woman elected Mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
       Patricia Nawa, first woman elected mayor of Lusaka, Zambia
       Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana, United States
       Rosario Robles, first woman appointed Head of Government of the Federal District in Mexico City, Mexico
          in Mexico City, "Head of Government of the Federal District" is the equivalent of a mayor.
       Theresia Samaria, first woman elected mayor of Walvis Bay, Namibia
       Frankie Seaberry, first woman elected mayor of Centerville, Missouri, United States
       Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
       Helen Wright, first woman elected Lord Provost of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom
       Yvonne Thorne, first woman elected mayor of Dorset Council in Tasmania, Australia
       Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas, United States
       Deborah C. Whitcraft, the first woman elected mayor of Beach Haven, New Jersey, United States
       Sharon J. Bilinski, the first woman elected Mayor of Pana, Illinois, United States, 1 May 1999.