Janet Gray Hayes

{{Short description|American mayor (1926–2014)}}{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = Janet Gray Hayes

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| office = Mayor of San Jose, California

| term_start = January 9, 1975

| term_end = January 9, 1983

| predecessor = Norman Mineta

| successor = Tom McEnery

| office1 = Vice Mayor of San Jose

| term_start1 = 1973

| term_end1 = 1974

| office2 = San Jose City Councilor{{cite journal |last1=Heppler |first1=Jason |title=San Jose City Council Members |url=https://notebook.jasonheppler.org/2016/04/05/san-jose-city-council-members/ |website=notebook.jasonheppler.org |language=en |date=5 April 2016}}

| term_start2 = 1971

| term_end2 = 1974

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1926|7|12}}

| birth_place = Rushville, Indiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|4|21|1926|7|12}}

| death_place = Saratoga, California, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| alma_mater = Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice

| education = Indiana State University

| order = 60th

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Janet Gray Hayes (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the 60th mayor of San Jose, California, elected to two consecutive, four-year terms from 1975 to 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city with a population of more than 500,000 people.[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0fx/ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California], "Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers," (retrieved August 20, 2010).{{cite news |first=Mack |last=Lundstrom |title=San Jose's first female mayor, Janet Gray Hayes, has died at 87 |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes |work=San Jose Mercury News |date=2014-04-21 |accessdate=2014-05-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140424012349/http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes |archive-date=2014-04-24 |url-status=live}}