page_title: List of first women mayors
section_title: 1990s
hierarchical_section_title: List of first women mayors / 1990s
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Am 6. September 2012 enthüllte der französische Botschafter Maurice Gourdault-Montagne, Oberbürgermeister Jürgen Roters und Konrad Adenauer, Enkel des früheren Bundeskanzlers, eine Gedenkplakette am Rathaus Spanischer Bau. Sie erinnert an den Besuch des ehemaligen französischen Staatspräsidenten Charles de Gaulle in Köln. Die Gedenkplakette hat Adenauers Enkel der Stadt Köln gestiftet. Foto: Petra Roth, ehemalige OB von Frankfurt am Main
context_page_description: The first woman to serve as mayor is believed to be Susanna M. Salter of the United States who served as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, in 1887. However, the first woman recorded winning a mayoral election was Nancy Smith in 1862, who declined to be sworn in as mayor of Oskaloosa, Iowa.
context_section_description: 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 
  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 was elected mayor of Chacao Municipality, the wealthiest of the five municipalities of Caracas and, after her outstandingly satisfactory work,she was reelected in 1995 without having to do any campaign, obtaining a 96% of votes.
  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 
  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
  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 
  Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States 
  Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York, United States 
  1994
  Sharon Sayles Belton, first woman and first African-American elected mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States 
  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
  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 Saragossa, 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 Du
caption: Frankfurt, Germany elected Petra Roth mayor in 1995, making her the first woman to serve the city in that capacity.
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