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.[ 1] : 237–238 [ 1] : 240 [ 2] Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa ,[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
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.[ 1] : 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.[ 7] [ 8] 1984
Mary Kate Stovall , first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama [ 9] 1996
Harri Anne Smith , first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama [ 10] 1997
Loretta Spencer , first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama [ 11] 2000
Lucenia Williams Dunn , first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama [ 12] 2004
Loxcil Tuck , first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama [ 13] 2009
Carole Smitherman , first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama [ 14] 2016
Karin Wilson , first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama [ 15] 2021
Linda Peebles , first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama [ 16]
Alaska
1946
Doris Barnes , first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska [ 17] 1956
Myrth Sarvela , first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska [ 18] 1965
Sylvia Ringstad , first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska [ 19] 1966
Bernice Stokke , first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska [ 20] 1975
Virginia Kline , first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska [ 21] 1976
Elizabeth Hjellen , first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska [ 22] [ 23] 2011
Charlotte Brower , first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska [ 24]
Arizona
1927
Fanne Gaar , first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona [ 25] 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.[ 26] 1976
Margaret Hance , first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona [ 1] : 238–239 [ 27] 1988
Peggy Rubach , first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona [ 28] 1995
Joan Shafer , first woman elected mayor of Surprise , Arizona[ 29] 2023
Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa , Arizona[ 30]
Arkansas
1925
Maude Duncan , first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas [ 31] 1966
Katherine Green , first woman to serve as mayor of Eureka Springs, Arkansas 1975
Joyce Ferguson , who had the distinction of being the city of West Memphis's first female mayor. Mayor Ferguson served two terms as mayor of West Memphis, from 1975 to 1982. West Memphis, 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.[ 32] 1916
Ellen French Aldrich , first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle , California[ 33] 1924
Jesse Elwyn Nelson , first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California [ 34] Edwina Benner , first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California 1926
Mattle Chandler , first woman mayor of Richmond, California [ 35] 1928
May B. Hopkins , first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California [ 36] 1929
Emily Jones , first woman elected mayor of Eureka , California[ 37] 1931
Julia Platt , first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California [ 38] 1941
Helen Lawrence , first female mayor of San Leandro , California[ 39] 1942
Jessie Reed , first female mayor of Seal Beach, California [ 40] 1947
Carrie L. Hoyt , first female mayor of Berkeley, California [ 41] 1948
Belle Cooledge , first female mayor of Sacramento , California1952
Miriam Cummings (mayor) , first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California [ 42] 1953
Mabel Richey , first woman mayor of Lodi, California [ 43] 1963
Teena Clifton , first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California [ 44] Florence E. Douglas , first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California [ 45] 1968
Rena Parker , first woman mayor of Corona, California [ 46] 1971
Lorette Wood , first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California [ 47] 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 [ 1] : 238 [ 48] 1976
Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.[ 49] [ 50]
Phyllis Sweeney , first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California [ 51] 1977
Eleanor Crouch , first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California [ 52] 1978
Frances Prince , first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California
also served 1983 to 1984[ 53] Dianne Feinstein , first woman mayor of San Francisco [ 1] : 238–239, 249–250 [ 54] Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia , California[ 55] [ 56] 1979
Clo Hoover , first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California 1980
Eunice Sato , first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California [ 57] Josephine Heckman , first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California [ 58] 1981
Mary K. Shell , first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California [ 59] 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[ 60] 1982
Mary Lou Howard , first woman mayor of Burbank, California .1983
Anne B. Diament , elected first woman mayor of Alameda , California [ 61] Jana Wilson , first woman mayor of Oroville, California 1986
Maureen O'Connor , first woman elected mayor of San Diego , California1989
Evelyn Wells , first woman to become Mayor of Lynwood, California .[ 62] 1990
Alice Jempsa , Los Alamitos, California [ 63] 1997
Jessica Maes , first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California [ 64] 2009
Susan Gorin , first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California [ 65] [ 66] 2011
Laura Roughton , first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California
also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California [ 67] Jean Quan , first woman elected mayor of Oakland , California
also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland[ 68] Karen Bass is the first woman elected mayor of Los Angeles .2012
Frances Ann Romero , first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California 2016
Michelle Roman , first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California [ 69] 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[ 70] 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 [ 71] [ 72] [ 73] Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California [ 74]
Colorado
1916
C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado
was appointed by the city council[ 75] 1929
Elizabeth Lower , first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado [ 76] 1965
Norma O. Walker , first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado 1969
Eve Homeyer , first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado [ 77] 1995
Mary Lou Makepeace , first woman mayor of Colorado Springs , Colorado [ 78]
Connecticut
1967
Ann Uccello , also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut [ 1] : 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 [ 79] 2007
April Capone Almon , first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut 2013
Deb Hinchey , first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut [ 80] Toni Harp , first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut [ 81] Anita Dugatto , first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut [ 82] 2017
Nancy Rossi , first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut [ 83] 2021
Carolin Simmons , first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut .[ 84]
Delaware
1947
Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware [ 85] 1966
Norma Handloff , first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city[ 86] 2023
Valarie Leary , first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware [ 87]
Florida
1917
Marian Newhall Horwitz was the first woman mayor in Florida, and anywhere in the South Marian Newhall Horwitz , first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida [ 88] also first woman mayor in Florida 1921
Ellen M. Anderson , first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida [ 89] 1922
Dr. Josie Rogers , first woman mayor of Daytona , Florida[ 90] 1928
Lena Culver Hawkins , first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida 1951
Marie Cross , first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida [ 91] 1961
Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida [ 92] 1973
Virginia S. Young , first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida [ 93] 1976
Dorothy Wilken , first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida [ 94] 1977
Corrine Freeman , first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida [ 95] 1978
Helen Wilkes , first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida [ 96] 1983
Kathleen Kelly (politician) , first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida [ 97] [ 98] Carol Zimmer Bellamy , first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida [ 99] [ 100] 1987
Sandra Warshaw Freedman , first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida [ 101] 1994
Edna Griffith , first woman mayor of Orange Park, Florida . Also, first woman elected and reelected to the Town Council2006
Patricia Christensen , first woman elected mayor of Port St. Lucie , Florida[ 102] 2007
Rita Ellis , first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida [ 103] Matti Herrera Bower is the first woman to serve as Mayor of Miami Beach, Florida. Matti Herrera Bower , first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida [ 104] 2014
Mayra Peña Lindsay , first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida [ 105] 2015
Gail Ash , first woman elected mayor of Clermont , Florida[ 106] 2016
Milissa Holland , first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida [ 107] 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 [ 108] 1934
Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans,[ 109] Oak Park, Georgia [ 110] 1978
Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia [ 111] 1991
Susan Weiner , first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia [ 112] 2001
Shirley Franklin , first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia [ 113] 2010
Teresa Tomlinson , first woman elected mayor of Columbus , Georgia [ 114] 2012
Dorothy Hubbard , first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia [ 115] 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.[ 116]
Hawaii
1962
Helene Hale , first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii .[ 117] 1981
Eileen Anderson , first woman elected Mayor of Honolulu , Hawaii1991
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.[ 118] 2003
Carolyn Terteling-Payne , first woman Mayor of Boise , Idaho [ 119]
Illinois
1911
Kate F. O'Connor , first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois [ 120] 1915
A. R. Canfield , first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois [ 121] 1923
Nora Gammon , first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois [ 122] [ 123] 1949
Rose M. Brown , first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois 1979
Jane M. Byrne , first woman elected Mayor of Chicago , Illinois[ 1] : 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 [ 124] 2001
Bette Thomas , first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois
Indiana
1938
Nellie Babcock , first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana [ 125] 1957
Mary Jancosek Bercik , first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana [ 126] 1964
Margaret H. Prickett , first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana [ 127] 1980
Patricia Logan , first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana 1999
Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana [ 128] 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 [ 129] 2007
Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana [ 130] 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 [ 131]
Iowa
1862
Nancy Smith , first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 1862.[ 3] [ 4] Smith declined to serve as mayor.[ 5] 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[ 132] 1951
Emily L. Perry , first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa [ 133] 1971
Kathryn Kirschbaum , first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa [ 134] 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
Susanna M. Salter was the first woman to serve as mayor in the United States.
1800s
1887
Susanna M. Salter , first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas
the first woman to serve as mayor of an American city.[ 2] [ 1] : 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.[ 135] [ 136] 1889
America L. King , first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas [ 137] Ella Miller , first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas [ 138] [ 139] Wilhelmina Morgan , first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas [ 140] Lucy Sullivan , first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas [ 141] 1890
Belle Gray , first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas [ 142] Margaret Kelly , first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas [ 143] [ 144] 1891
Rachel S. Packson , first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas [ 145] [ 146] Elizabeth Vedder , first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas [ 147] 1893
Mary Barnes , elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.[ 148] [ 149] Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas [ 150] 1894
Anna Austin , first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas [ 151] [ 152] 1895
Antoinette L. Haskell , first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas [ 153] 1896
C. A. Curtis , first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas [ 154] M. A. Wade , the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas
Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.[ 155] 1897
Anna Strain , first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas [ 156] 1899
Elizabeth Totten , first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas [ 157]
1900s
1911
Ella Wilson , first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas [ 158] 1913
Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas [ 159] 1917
Avis Francis , first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas [ 160] 1920
Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas [ 123] 1933
Clara Marie Emma Heiser , first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas [ 161] 1945
Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas [ 162] 1975
Connie Ames Peters , first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas [ 163] 1997
Joan Wagnon , first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas [ 164] 2020
Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas [ 165]
Kentucky
1951
Rebekah H. Hord , first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky [ 166] 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[ 167] 1925
Maggie Skipwith Smith , first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana [ 168] 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 Rouge2018
Latoya Cantrell , first woman elected mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana [ 169]
Maine
1928
Ella L. Maddocks , first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine [ 170] 1946
Helen C. Frost , first woman mayor of Portland, Maine [ 171]
Maryland
1974
Jayne Harper Plank , first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland [ 172] 1986
Dani Duniho , first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland [ 173] 1987
Anna Owens , first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland [ 174] 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 [ 175] 2021
Mona Becker , first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland [ 176] Stacy Link , first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland [ 177]
Massachusetts
1939
Alice Burke , first woman elected as mayor in New England —in Westfield, Massachusetts [ 178] 1955
Beatrice Corliss , first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government , elected by city council).[ 179] 1964
Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[ 180] 1972
Barbara Ackermann , first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).[ 181] 1982
Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[ 182]
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).[ 183] 1983
Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts .[ 184] 1986
Marilyn Porreca , first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council)[ 185] 1987
Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts .[ 186] 1989
Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts .[ 187] 1991
Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts .[ 188] 1992
Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts .[ 183] 1993
Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts .[ 189]
Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts .[ 190] 1997
Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts .[ 191] 1999
Dorothy Kelly Gay , first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts .[ 192] Sharon Pollard , first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts .2002
Christine Forgey , first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts .[ 193] 2003
Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts .[ 194] 2005
Kim Driscoll , first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts [ 195] Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts .[ 196] 2007
Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts [ 197]
Konstantina Lukes , first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts .[ 198] 2009
Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts .[ 199]
Judith Flanagan Kennedy , first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts .[ 200] Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts .[ 201] 2014
Karen L. Cadieux , first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts [ 202] 2016
Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. 2017
Ruthanne Fuller , first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts [ 203] Yvonne Spicer , first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts . Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.[ 204] 2018
Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).[ 205] 2019
Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts .[ 206]
Shaunna O'Connell , first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts .[ 207] 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 ).[ 208] [ 209] Michelle Wu , first woman elected mayor of Boston .[ 209] 2022
Jennifer Macksey , the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts .[ 210] 2023
Melinda Barrett , the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts .[ 211] Erin Joyce , the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts .[ 212]
Michigan
1948
Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53,[ 213] 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 [ 214] 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 [ 215] [ 216] 1921
Florence J. Pierce , the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota [ 217] Ida Sparks Clarke , the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota .[ 218] [ 219] 1925
Elizabeth Ries , first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota [ 220] 1935
Louise Bucks , first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota [ 221] 1949
Bertha Trim , first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota [ 222] 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 , Minnesota2008
Mary Rossing, first woman elected mayor of Northfield, Minnesota [ 223] 2013
Del Rae Williams , first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota [ 224] 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 [ 225] 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 [ 226] 2017
Lynn Spruill , first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS .[ 227]
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 [ 228] 1924
Mildred Putnam , first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri [ 229] 1930
Essie Ward , first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri [ 230] 1936
Edith Pearce , first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri [ 231] 1977
Lillian Herman , first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri 1982
Barbara Potts , first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri [ 232] 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 [ 233] 1936
Ella M. Amdahl , first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana [ 234] Evalina Herd , first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana [ 235] 1947
Juliet Gregory , first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana [ 236] 1963
Marian Erdmann , first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana [ 237]
Nebraska
1921
Mary Peterson , first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska [ 238] Ella Jacobson , first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska [ 239] 1975
Helen Boosalis , first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska [ 1] : 238, 239 2006
Margaret Hornady , first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska [ 240] 2013
Jean Stothert , first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Nevada
1954
Dorothy Porter , first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada [ 241] 1985
Lorna Kesterson , first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada [ 242] 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 [ 243] [ 244] 2007
Donnalee Lozeau , first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire [ 245] 2015
Caroline McCarley , first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire 2017
Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire [ 246] [ 247]
New Jersey
1925
Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston , first woman elected mayor in New Jersey ;[ 248] 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 [ 249] 1933
Doris W. Bradway , first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey [ 250] 1943
Edith May Greenan , first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey [ 251] 1950
Katharine Elkus White , first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey [ 252] 1951
Vera Martucci , first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey [ 253] 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 [ 254] 1972
Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County [ 255] 1973
Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey 1974
Eleanor Kieliszek , first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey [ 256] 1977
Maria Barnaby Greenwald , first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey [ 257] 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 [ 258] 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 [ 259] 2008
Wilda Diaz , first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey [ 260] 2009
Dawn Zimmer , first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey [ 261] 2013
Stacey Jordan , first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey [ 262] 2014
Tana Raymond , first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey [ 263] 2015
Christine Dansereau , first woman elected mayor of Roselle , New Jersey [ 264] [ 265] 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 [ 231] 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 [ 266] Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office[ 267] 1937
Kathrine Wykle , mayor of Clyde , New York
also the first woman mayor in New York[ 268] 1945
Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York [ 269] 1949
Edith P. Welty , first woman Mayor of Yonkers , New York [ 270] 1955
Ragina Balas , first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York [ 271] 1957
Lolita Cass , first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York [ 272] Elizabeth Hall , first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York [ 273] Betty Potter , first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York [ 274] 1973
Barbara Impellittiere , first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York [ 275] 1974
Mimi Bryan , first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York [ 276] Anne Kaplan , first woman mayor of Monticello, New York [ 277] 1975
Ruth Blankman , first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York [ 278] Eleanor A. Simpson , first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York
also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York [ 279] 1977
Suzi Oppenheimer , first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York [ 280] 1979
Virginia Smith , first woman mayor of Ticonderoga , New York [ 281] 1981
Juanita Crabb , first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York [ 282] 1984
Karen Johnson , first woman elected mayor of Schenectady , New York [ 283] 1987
Laura Slate , first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York [ 284] 1993
Shirley Seney , first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York [ 285] 1995
Christine Korff , first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York [ 286] 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 [ 287] 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 [ 288] Ashley Hennings , first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York [ 289] Kathy Sheehan , first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York [ 290] Lovely Warren , first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York [ 291]
North Carolina
1922
Maude R. Satterthwaite , first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina [ 292] 1923
Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.[ 293] 1924
Katherine Mayo Cowan , first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina [ 294] [ 295] 1925
Annie Koonce Jenkins , first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina [ 296] 1928
Leah Arcouet Chiles , first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina [ 297] 1954
Evelyn Kent , first woman elected Mayor of Granite Falls, North Carolina [ 298] 1975
Beth Finch , first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina [ 299] Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina [ 300] 1977
Isabella Cannon , first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina [ 1] : 238 [ 301] 1981
Deborah Ponder Baker , first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina [ 302] 1985
Ella Bengel , first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina [ 303] 1987
Sue Myrick , first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina [ 304] 1989
Martha S. Wood , first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina [ 305] 1991
Mary Kanyha , first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina [ 306] 1993
Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina [ 307] Sylvia Kerckhoff , first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina 1995
Rosemary Waldorf , first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina [ 308] 1999
Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina 2002
Jeanne Milliken Bonds , first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina [ 309] 2017
Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina [ 310]
North Dakota
1946
Agnes Geelan , first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota [ 311] 1982
Mona Marchus , first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota
Ohio
1921 :
Amy A. Kaukonen , first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio [ 312] [ 313] [ 314] Dolly Spencer , first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio [ 315] 1923
Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.[ 316] 1954
Dorothy N. Dolbey , first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati , Ohio[ 317] 1959
Anna Covault , first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio [ 318] [ 319] 1961
Myrtle Reed , first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio [ 320] 1966
Lucille Barbato Reed , first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio .[ 321] 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 [ 322] 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.[ 323] 1976
Marguerite Bowman , first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio [ 324] 1977
Beryl E. Rothschild , first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio [ 325] 1984
Donna Owens , first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio [ 326] 1986
Lois Reed , first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio [ 327] 1996
Madeline Cain , first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio [ 328] 2000
Marcia Fudge , first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio [ 329] 2001
Rhine McLin , first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio [ 330] Jane Leaver , first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio [ 331] 2002
Jane L. Campbell , first woman elected mayor of Cleveland , Ohio[ 332] 2003
Georgine Welo , first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio [ 333] [ 334] 2013
Miesha Headen , first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio , Ohio[ 335] 2016
Annette M. Blackwell , first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights , Ohio[ 336] 2017
Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio [ 337] 2019
Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio [ 338] 2021
Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio [ 339] [ 340] 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 [ 341] 1925
Mildred Harrison , first woman elected mayor of Osage, Oklahoma 1931
Phenie Lou Ownby , first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma [ 342] 1971
Patience Latting , first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma [ 343] [ 1] : 238 Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.[ 343] 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.[ 344] 1992
M. Susan Savage , first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oregon
Clara C. Munson was the first woman elected mayor in Oregon in the 20th century. 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.[ 345] [ 346] 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.[ 347] The Daily Astorian [ 348] 1914
Clara Latourell Larsson , first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon [ 349] [ 350] 1917
Laura Jane Starcher , first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon [ 351] 1918
Blanch Shelley , first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon [ 352] 1920
Grace B. Lampshire , first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon [ 353] 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 minutes[ 354] 191 1928
Letty Sankey , first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon .[ 355]
1932
Edna Allen , first woman mayor of Jefferson, Oregon [ 356] 1949
Dorothy McCullough Lee , first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon [ 1] : 238 1955
Mary Van Stevens , first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon [ 357] She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon .[ 358] 1981
Joy Burgess , first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon [ 359] Ruth Burleigh , first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon [ 360] 1983
Sue Miller , first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon [ 361] 1985
Shirley Huffman , first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon [ 362] 1989
Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon
1993
Ruth Bascom , first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon [ 363] 2000
Lore Christopher , first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon [ 364] 2017
Carol Westfall , first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon [ 365] 2020
Lacey Beaty , first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon [ 366]
Pennsylvania
1959
Jennie Black , first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania [ 367] 1977
Betty Marshall , first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania [ 368] 1989
Janice Stork , first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania [ 369] Sophie Masloff , first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [ 370] 1993
Anne Jones , first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania [ 371] 2009
Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania [ 372]
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 [ 373] 2023
Cherelle Parker , first woman elected mayor and third African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [ 374]
Rhode Island
1992
Kathryn O'Hare , first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island [ 375] 1995
Susan Menard , first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island [ 376] 2008
Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island [ 377] 2020
María Rivera , first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island [ 378]
South Carolina
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson (1868–1953) was the first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville and first woman mayor in South Carolina in 1925. 1925
Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson , first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.[ 379] 1952
Martha Priscilla Shaw , first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina [ 380] 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 [ 381] Pam Lee , first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina [ 382] 2023
Hazel Livingston , first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina [ 383]
South Dakota
1922
Hattie Pickles , first woman elected mayor in South Dakota , in Clark, South Dakota [ 384] 1950
Kate Soldat , first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota [ 384] [ 385]
Tennessee
1940
Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle , first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee [ 386] [ 387] 1961
May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee [ 388] 1976
Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee [ 389] 1997
Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee [ 390] 2011
Madeline Rogero , first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee 2015
Megan Barry , first woman elected mayor of Nashville , Tennessee[ 391]
Texas
Kathryn J. Whitmire was the first woman elected Mayor of Houston, Texas in 1982. 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.[ 392] 1920
Hattie Barnes Adkisson , first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas ,[ 393] 1937
Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson , first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas [ 394] 1975
Lila Cockrell , first woman elected mayor of San Antonio , Texas[ 1] : 238–239 1976
Adlene Harrison , first woman mayor of Dallas , Texas1977
Carole Keeton Strayhorn , first woman elected mayor of Austin , Texas[ 1] : 238–239 1982
Kathryn J. Whitmire , first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas 1985
Ann Pomykal , first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas [ 395] 1986
LaNelle McNamara , first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas [ 396] 1987
Annette Strauss , first woman elected mayor of Dallas , Texas[ 397] Betty Turner , first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas [ 398] 1989
Suzie Azar , first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas 1990
Evelyn Lord , first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas [ 399] 1991
Kay Granger , first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas 1998
Betty Flores , first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas [ 400] 1999
Blanca Vela , first woman elected mayor of Brownsville , Texas[ 401] 2005
Debra McCartt , first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas [ 402] 2014
Celeste Sanchez , first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas [ 403] 2015
Laura Hill , first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas [ 404]
Utah
Mia Love was the first woman elected mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah and the first African American woman elected mayor in the state of Utah. 1912
Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain , first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah [ 405] 1919
Stena Scorup , first woman mayor of Salina, Utah [ 406] 1945
Mabel Nielsen , first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah [ 407] 1982
Sue Marie Young , first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah [ 408] 1991
Cosetta Castagno , first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah [ 409] Joyce Johnson , first woman mayor of Orem, Utah [ 410] 1992
Deedee Corradini , first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah Stella Welsh , first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah [ 411] 1998
JoAnn Seghini , first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah [ 412] 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 [ 413] 2018
Michelle Kaufusi , first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah [ 414] 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.[ 415] 2019
Kristine Lott , first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont [ 416] 2024
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak , first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont [ 417]
Virginia
1930
Callie Wright , first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia [ 418] [ 419] [ 420] 1948
Minnie Miller , first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia [ 421] 1950
Dorothy Davis , first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia [ 422] 1962
Eleanor P. Sheppard , first woman elected mayor of Richmond , Virginia [ 423] [ 1] : 238 1963
Ann Hitch Kilgore , first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia [ 424] 1986
Jessie M. Rattley , first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia [ 425] 1988
Meyera E. Oberndorf , first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia 1991
Patsy Ticer , first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia [ 426] 2008
Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia [ 427]
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 [ 428] 1924
Alice U. Kerr , first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington [ 429] 1926
Bertha Knight Landes , first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city[ 430] [ 1] : 238, 242 1932
Stella Alexander , first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington [ 431] 1953
Amanda Benek Smith , first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington [ 432] 1975
Betty Edmondson , first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington [ 433] 1977
Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington [ 434] 1986
Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington [ 435] 2010
Marilyn Strickland , first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington [ 436] 2012
Kelli Linville , first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington 2017
Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington [ 437] Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington
West Virginia
1937
Stella Eddy , first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia [ 438] 1972
Dorothy Comuntzis , first woman mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia [ 439] 1985
Stella C. Koerner first woman mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia [ 440] 1993
Jean Dean , first woman mayor of Huntington, West Virginia [ 441] Nancy Cartmill , first woman mayor of Barboursville, West Virginia [ 442] 2018
Amy Shuler Goodwin , first woman mayor of Charleston, West Virginia [ 443] 2023
Anne Bolyard , first woman mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia [ 444]
Wisconsin
1923
Lulu P. Shaw , first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin .[ 445] 1934
Mary Spellman , first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin [ 446]
Wyoming
Mayor of Gillette, Wyoming Louise Carter-King honoring a veteran Gillette Police Department officer at a City Council meeting in Gillette, Wyoming 1912
Susan Wissler , mayor of Dayton , Wyoming
Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming[ 447] 1920
Grace Miller , first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming [ 448] 1922
Ethel Stoner , first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming [ 449] 1938
Nettie Terrill , first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming [ 450] 1957
Josephine Fey , first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming [ 451] 1965
Maxine Patterson , first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming [ 452] 2008
Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming [ 453] 2014
Louise Carter-King , first woman elected mayor of Gillette , Wyoming [ 454] 2016
Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne , Wyoming [ 455]
U.S. territories and associated states
Guam
2001
Concepcion Duenas , first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam [ 456]
District of Columbia
1990
Sharon Pratt Kelly , first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia [ 457]
Northern Mariana Islands
2014
Marian Tudela , first woman mayor of Saipan [ 458]
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[ 459]
See also
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