# List of first women mayors in the United States

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.: 237–238 Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process.: 240 In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa, after being nominated as a "joke", but she declined to hold office.
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.$^{:242}$

## Alabama

1980
       Sue L. Glidewell, first woman elected mayor of Rainbow City, Alabama. Served six consecutive terms for 24 years until retirement in 2004.
1984
       Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama
1996
       Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama
1997
       Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama
2000
       Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama
2004
       Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama
2009
       Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
2016
       Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama
2021
       Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama

## Alaska

1946
       Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska
1956
       Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska
1965
       Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska
1966
       Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska
1975
       Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska
1976
       Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
2011
       Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska

## Arizona

1927
       Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona
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.
1976
       Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona$^{:238–239}$
1988
       Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona
1995
       Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona
2023
       Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa, Arizona

## Arkansas

1925
       Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas
1966
       Katherine Green, first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas
1975
       Joyce Ferguson, first woman to serve as mayor of West Memphis, Arkansas
1986
       Marilyn Johnson, first woman to serve as mayor of Fayetteville, 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.
1916
       Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California
1924
       Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California
       Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California
1926
       Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California
1928
       May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California
1929
       Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California
1931
       Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California
1941
       Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California
1942
       Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California
1947
       Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California
1948
       Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California
1952
       Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California
1953
       Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California
1963
       Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California
       Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California
1968
       Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California
1971
       Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California
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$^{:238}$
1976
       Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.
       Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California
1977
       Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California
1978
       Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
          also served 1983 to 1984
       Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco$^{:238–239,249–250}$
       Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California
1979
       Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California
1980
       Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California
       Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California
1981
       Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California
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
1982
       Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.
1983
       Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California
       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.
1990
       Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California
1997
       Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California
2009
       Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California
2011
       Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
          also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
       Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California
          also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland
2012
       Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California
2016
       Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California
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
2018
       Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of Del Rey Oaks, California
2020
       Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of Palm Springs
2022
       Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles
    Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim
    Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California

## Colorado

1916
       C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado
          was appointed by the city council
1929
       Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado
1965
       Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado
1969
       Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado
1995
       Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado

## Connecticut

1967
       Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut$^{:238}$
1987
       Carrie Saxon Perry, first African-American woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut
1993
       Linda Blogoslawski, first woman elected mayor of New Britain, Connecticut
2007
       April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut
2013
       Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut
       Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut
       Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut
2017
       Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut
2021
Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.

## Delaware

1947
       Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware
1966
       Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city
2023
       Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware

## Florida

1917
       Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida
          also first woman mayor in Florida
1921
       Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida
1922
       Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida
1928
       Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida
1951
       Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida
1961
       Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida
1973
       Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1976
       Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida
1977
       Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida
1978
       Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida
1983
       Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida
       Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida
1987
       Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida
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
2007
       Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida
       Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida
2014
       Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida
2015
       Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida
2016
       Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida
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
1934
       Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia
1978
       Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia
1991
       Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia
2001
       Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia
2010
       Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia
2012
       Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia
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.

## Hawaii

1962
       Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii.
1981
       Eileen Anderson, first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii
1991
       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.
2003
       Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho

## Illinois

1911
       Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois
1915
       A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois
1923
       Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois
1949
       Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois
1979
       Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois$^{:238–239,249–250}$
          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
2001
       Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois

## Indiana

1938
       Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana
1957
       Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana
1964
       Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana
1980
       Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana
1999
       Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana
2000
       Kathleen Chroback, first woman elected mayor of La Porte, Indiana
2006
       Olga Velazquez, first woman elected mayor of Portage, Indiana
2007
       Barbara Ewing, first female Democrat elected mayor of Tell City, Indiana
2007
       Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana
2011
       Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana and first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana
2024
       Stephanie Terry, first African-American and first woman elected mayor of Evansville, 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
1951
       Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa
1971
       Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa
1973
       Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa
2013
       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.$^{:237–238,240}$
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. They were all re-elected in 1889.
1889
       America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas
       Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas
       Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas
       Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas
1890
       Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas
       Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas
1891
       Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas
       Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas
1893
       Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.
       Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas
1894
       Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas [population approx., 1,500]
1895
       Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas
1896
       C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas
       M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas
          Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.
1897
       Anna Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas
1899
       Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas

### 1900s

1911
       Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas
1913
       Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas
1917
       Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas
1920
       Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas
1933
       Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas
1945
       Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas
1975
       Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas
1997
       Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas
2020
       Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas

## Kentucky

1951
       Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky
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
1925
       Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana
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, Louisiana
1993
       Willie Mount, first woman elected mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana
2017
       Sharon Weston Broome first woman elected as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge
2018
       Latoya Cantrell, first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana

## Maine

1928
       Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine
1946
       Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine

## Maryland

1974
       Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland
1986
       Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland
1987
       Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland
2001
       Ellen O. Moyer, first woman elected mayor of Annapolis, Maryland
2007
       Sheila Dixon, first black woman elected mayor of Baltimore, Maryland
2020
       Emily Keller, first woman elected mayor of Hagerstown, Maryland
2021
       Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland
       Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland

## Massachusetts

1939
       Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts
1955
       Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).
1964
       Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).
1972
       Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).
1982
       Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)
       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).
1983
       Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.
1986
       Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)
1987
       Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
1989
       Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.
1991
       Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.
1992
       Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.
1993
       Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.
       Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
1997
       Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.
1999
       Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.
       Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.
2002
       Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.
2003
       Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.
2005
       Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts
       Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
2007
       Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts
       Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)
       Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.
2009
       Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.
       Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.
       Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.
2014
       Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts
2016
       Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.
2017
       Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts
       Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.
2018
       Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).
2019
       Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.
       Shaunna O'Connell, first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.
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).
       Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.
2022
       Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.
2023
       Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
       Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.

## Michigan

1948
       Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53, and the first female mayor in Michigan.
1973
       Betty Lee Ongley, first woman mayor of Portage, Michigan
       Bette Davis, first woman mayor of South Haven, Michigan
       Elizabeth Brater, first woman mayor of Ann Arbor, Michigan
2005
       Carol B. Cottrell, first woman elected mayor of Saginaw, Michigan
2015
       Karen Weaver, first woman mayor of Flint, Michigan
       Rosalynn Bliss, first woman mayor of Grand Rapids, Michigan
2018
       Lindsey McGuire, 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
1921
       Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota
       Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota. She was reelected in 1922.
1925
       Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota
1935
       Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota
1949
       Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota
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, Minnesota
1992
       Jane Robbins, first woman elected mayor of Pine City, Minnesota
1994
       Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota
2008
       Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota
2013
       Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota
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
1977
       Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Mayersville, Mississippi
2001
       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, Mississippi
2009
       Cheri Barry, first woman elected mayor of Meridian, Mississippi
2017
       Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.

## 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
1924
       Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri
1930
       Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri
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
1999
       Kay Barnes, first woman elected Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri
2017
       Lyda Krewson first woman elected mayor of Saint Louis, Missouri

## Montana

1932
       June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana
1936
       Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana
       Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana
1947
       Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana
1963
       Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana

## Nebraska

1921
       Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska
       Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska
1975
       Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska$^{:238,239}$
2006
       Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska
2013
       Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

## Nevada

1954
       Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada
1985
       Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada
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
2007
       Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire
2015
       Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire
2017
       Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire

## New Jersey

1925
       Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey; first mayor and founder of Estell Manor
1931
       Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert replaced her husband, who died in office as the mayor of Weehawken
1933
       Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey
1943
       Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey
1950
       Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey
1951
       Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey
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
1972
       Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County
1973
       Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey
1974
       Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey
1977
       Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey
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
1988
       Janet Whitman, first female mayor of Summit, New Jersey
2000
       Gwendolyn Faison (1925 – 2021), first female mayor of Camden (2000 - 2010)
2002
       Nancy Merse, first woman mayor of Edgewater, New Jersey
2008
       Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey
2009
       Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
2013
       Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey
2014
       Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey
2015
       Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jersey
       Deirdre A. Dillon, first woman Mayor of Ramsey
2020
       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
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
          Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office
1937
       Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York
          also the first woman mayor in New York
1945
       Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York
1949
       Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York
1955
       Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York
1957
       Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York
       Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York
       Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York
1973
       Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York
1974
       Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York
       Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York
1975
       Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York
       Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York
          also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York
1977
       Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York
1979
       Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York
1981
       Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York
1984
       Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York
1987
       Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York
1993
       Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York
1995
       Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York
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
2008
       Patricia Sweetland, first woman mayor of Adams, New York
2009
       Stephanie Miner, first women elected mayor of Syracuse, New York
2013
       Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York
       Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York
       Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York
       Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York

## North Carolina

1922
       Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina
1923
       Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.
1924
       Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina
1925
       Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina
1928
       Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina
1954
       Evelyn Kent, first woman elected Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina
1975
       Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina
       Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina
1977
       Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina$^{:238}$
1981
       Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina
1985
       Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina
1987
       Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina
1989
       Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
1991
       Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina
1993
       Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina
       Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina
1995
       Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1999
       Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina
2002
       Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina
2017
       Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina

## North Dakota

1946
       Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota
1982
       Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota

## Ohio

1921:
    Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio
    Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio
1923
       Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.
1954
       Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio
1959
       Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio
1961
       Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio
1966
       Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. 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
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.
1976
       Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio
1977
       Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio
1984
       Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio
1986
       Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio
1996
       Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio
2000
       Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio
2001
       Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio
       Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio
2002
       Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
2003
       Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio
2013
       Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio
2016
       Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio
2017
       Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio
2019
       Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio
2021
       Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio
       Kelly Montgomery first woman elected mayor of Georgetown, Ohio |date=2023-11-04|

## Oklahoma

1922
       Mamie Foster, first woman elected mayor of Wyandotte, Oklahoma 1922-1927
1925
       Mildred Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Osage, Oklahoma
1931
       Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
1971
       Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma$^{:238}$
          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.
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.
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. 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.
1914
       Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon
1917
       Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon
1918
       Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon
1920
       Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon
       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 minutes191
1928
Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon. 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
1949
       Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon$^{:238}$
1955
       Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon
          She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.
1981
       Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon
       Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon
1983
       Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon
1985
       Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon
1989
Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon
1993
       Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon
2000
       Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon
2017
       Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon
2020
       Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon

## Pennsylvania

1959
       Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania and first woman mayor elected in Pennsylvania.
1977
       Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania
1989
       Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania
       Sophie Masloff, first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1993
       Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania
2009
       Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania
       Linda Thompson, first women elected mayor of and first African-American mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2022
       Rita Frealing, first women elected mayor and first African-American mayor of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
2023
       Cherelle Parker, first woman elected mayor and third African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

## Rhode Island

1992
       Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island
1995
       Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island
2008
       Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island
2020
       María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island

## South Carolina

1925
       Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.
1952
       Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina
1992
       Cheryll Woods-Flowers, first woman elected mayor of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2008
       Elise Partin, first woman elected mayor of Cayce, South Carolina
       Alys Lawson, first woman elected mayor of Conway, South Carolina
       Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina
2023
       Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina

## South Dakota

1922
       Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota
1950
       Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota

## Tennessee

1940
       Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee
1961
       May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee
1976
       Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee
1997
       Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee
2011
       Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee
2015
       Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee

## 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.
1920
       Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,
1937
       Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas
1964
       Doris Marie Moore, first female elected mayor of Refugio, Texas
1975
       Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas$^{:238–239}$
1976
       Irma Flores Gonzales, first hispanic, female elected mayor of Lyford, Texas
1976
       Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas
1977
       Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas$^{:238–239}$
1982
       Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas
1985
       Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas
1986
       LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas
1987
       Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas
       Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas
1989
       Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas
1990
       Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas
1991
       Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas
1998
       Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas
1999
       Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas
2005
       Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas
2014
       Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas
2015
       Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas

## Utah

1912
       Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah
1919
       Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah
1945
       Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah
1982
       Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah
1991
       Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah
       Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah
1992
       Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah
       Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah
1998
       JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah
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 Utah
2013
       Maile Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Cedar City, Utah
2018
       Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah
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.
2019
       Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont
2024
       Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont

## Virginia

1930
       Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia
1948
       Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia
1950
       Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia
1962
       Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia$^{:238}$
1963
       Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia
1986
       Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia
1988
       Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia
1991
       Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia
2008
       Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia
       Linda Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Suffolk, Virginia
2018
       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
1924
       Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington
1926
       Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city$^{:238,242}$
1932
       Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington
1953
       Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington
1975
       Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington
1977
       Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington
1986
       Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington
2010
       Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington
2012
       Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington
2017
       Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington
       Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

## West Virginia

1937
       Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia
1972
       Dorothy Comuntzis, first woman mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia
1985
       Stella C. Koerner first woman mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia
1993
       Jean Dean, first woman mayor of Huntington, West Virginia
       Nancy Cartmill, first woman mayor of Barboursville, West Virginia
2018
       Amy Shuler Goodwin, first woman mayor of Charleston, West Virginia
2023
       Anne Bolyard, first woman mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia

## Wisconsin

1923
       Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.
1934
       Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

## Wyoming

1912
       Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming
          Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming
1920
       Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming
1922
       Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming
1938
       Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming
1957
       Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming
1965
       Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming
2008
       Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming
2014
       Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming
2016
       Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming

## U.S. territories and associated states
### Guam

2001
       Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam

### District of Columbia

1990
       Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia

### Northern Mariana Islands

2014
       Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan

### 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