page_title: List of first women mayors
section_title: 2010s
hierarchical_section_title: List of first women mayors / 2010s
caption_attribution_description: English: Women4Climate - with Anne Hidalgo, Patricia Espinosa and leading women in climate
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: 2010
  Debbie Amaroso, first woman elected mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
  Patricia Ayala, first woman elected mayor of Artigas, Uruguay 
  Sara Duterte, first woman elected Mayor of Davao City, Philippines 
  Shari Decter Hirst, first woman elected mayor of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
  Kazumi Inamura, first woman mayor of Amagasaki, Japan
  Patahiyah Ismail, first woman municipal council president of Penang Island, Malaysia
  Katarína Macháčková, first woman mayor of Prievidza, Slovakia
  Selma Nelumbu, first woman mayor of Omaruru, Namibia
  Ana Olivera, first woman elected mayor of Montevideo, Uruguay 
  Adriana Peña, first woman elected mayor of Lavalleja, Uruguay 
  Elaine Trepper, first black woman mayor of Windhoek, Namibia
  Hanna Zdanowska, first woman elected mayor of Łódź, Poland
  Tri Rismaharini, first woman elected mayor of Surabaya, Indonesia
  2011
  Ana Botella, first woman designated mayor of Madrid, Spain
  Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska
  Joyce Chepkoech Korir, first woman elected mayor of Bomet, Kenya
  Adelina Farici, first woman elected mayor of Burrel, Albania
  Karen Freeman-Wilson, first woman elected mayor of Gary, Indiana, United States
  also first African-American woman elected mayor in the State of Indiana
  Salina Hayat Ivy, first woman elected mayor of Narayanganj, Bangladesh
  Grace Mahosi, first woman elected mayor of Thulamela, Limpopo, South Africa
  Lilian Osundwa, first woman elected mayor of Mumias, Kenya
  Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States 
  Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California, United States 
  also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
  Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia, United States 
  Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California, United States 
  also the first Asian American mayor of Oakland
  Mercy Wanjiku Kimwe, first woman elected mayor of Muranga, Kenya
  2012
  Joanna Gash, first woman elected mayor of Shoalhaven, Australia
  Jodie Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Lake Macquarie, Australia
  Halyna Hereha, first woman appointed mayor of Kiev, Ukraine
  Naomi Koshi, first woman elected mayor of Ōtsu, Japan
  Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California, United States 
  Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington
  Margarita Arellanes Cervantes, first woman elected mayor of Monterrey, Mexico
  Vera Baboun, first woman elected mayor of Bethlehem, Palestine
  Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia, United States 
  2013
  Trish Abato, first woman elected mayor of Suffern, New York, United States
  Alinah Ahmad, first woman mayor of Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
  Priscilla Arhin, probably the first woman elected mayor of Cape Coast, Ghana
  Teuta Arifi, first woman elected mayor of Tetovo, Macedonia
  Mary Ann Arnold, first woman elected mayor of Marked Tree, Arkansas, United States
  Karen Cadieux, first woman mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts
  Dorine Chukowry, first woman elected mayor of Port Louis, Mauritius
  Renu Dabla, first woman elected mayor of Rohtak, India
  Agnes Delgado-Tolentino, first woman elected mayor of Tagaytay, Philippines 
  Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut, United States
  Belen Fernandez, first woman elected mayor of Dagupan, Philippines 
  Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut, United States
  Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York, United States
  Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut, United States
  Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey, United States
  Cecelia Oba Tito, first woman elected mayor of Yei, South Sudan and also the first female mayor in South Sudan
  Catherine Samba-Panza, probably the first woman elected mayor of Bangui, Central African Republic
  Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York, United States
  Katrin Stjernfeldt Jammeh, first woman elected mayor of Malmö, Sweden
  Jean Stothert, first wo
caption: Since 2014, Anne Hidalgo has been serving as the Mayor of Paris, France—the first woman to do so.
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