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.{{RP|237-238}} Salter had been nominated without her knowledge or consent, as a stunt intended to discourage women from participation in the political process.{{RP|240}} In 1862, Nancy Smith won the mayoral election of Oskaloosa, Iowa,{{cite news|title=A Woman Elected Mayor|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82005159/1862-03-07/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&words=ELECTED+MAYOR+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=3&state=&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor+elected&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Bedford Gazette|date=March 7, 1862|location=Bedford, Pennsylvania|page=1}}{{cite news|title=Defeat of Republicans; A Woman Elected Mayor|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84028794/1862-03-05/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&words=Elected+Mayor+Woman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&index=2&state=&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor+elected&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Cadiz Democratic Sentinel|date=March 5, 1862|location=Cadiz, Ohio|page=1}} after being nominated as a "joke",{{cite book|title=The Iowa Press Association's Who's who in Iowa: A Biographical Record of Iowa's Leaders in Business, Professional and Public Life|date=1940|publisher=Iowa Press Association|location=Iowa|page=792|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WMgPbMrGotYC&q="Nancy+Smith"|access-date=December 29, 2017}} but she declined to hold office.{{cite news |last1=Reed |first1=Lawrence |title=Remembering Susanna M. Salter: The first woman mayor |url=https://better-cities.org/clean-open-fair-government/remembering-susanna-m-salter-the-first-woman-mayor/ |access-date=August 6, 2021 |work=Better Cities Project |date=April 4, 2021}}

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.{{RP|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.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.rbcalabama.com/history/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=City of Rainbow City |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff Writer |date=June 6, 2004 |title=The retirement of 'Mayor Sue' |url=https://www.gadsdentimes.com/story/news/2004/06/06/the-retirement-of-mayor-sue/32315561007/ |website=gadsdentimes.com}}

1984

::Mary Kate Stovall, first female, first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama{{cite journal |date=April 2019 |title=30 Awesome Things Black Adventists Did |url=https://women.adventistchurch.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2019/04/going-places-1904.pdf |journal=Going Places. Adventist Women in the South Pacific}}

1996

::Harri Anne Smith, first woman mayor of Slocomb, Alabama{{Cite web |last=Eagle |first=Kendall Clinton Dothan |title=Lucy Baxley's hometown names road for former lieutenant governor |url=https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/state/2017/07/19/lucy-baxleys-hometown-names-road-for-former-lieutenant-governor/20135776007/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The Tuscaloosa News |language=en-US}}

1997

::Loretta Spencer, first woman mayor of Huntsville, Alabama{{Cite book |last1=Stovall |first1=James Glen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Km9ukniuSRcC&q=Loretta+Spencer |title=Alabama Political Almanac 1997 |last2=Fisher |first2=Samuel H. |last3=Cotter |first3=Patrick R. |date=March 1997 |publisher=University of Alabama Press |isbn=978-0-8173-0883-4 |language=en}}

2000

::Lucenia Williams Dunn, first woman mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama{{Cite book |last=Carroll |first=Rebecca |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5BenqjP814C&dq=Lucenia+Williams+Dunn+Tuskegee+mayor+first+woman&pg=PA32 |title=Uncle Tom or New Negro?: African Americans Reflect on Booker T. Washington and UP FROM SLAVERY 100 Years Later |date=2013-04-03 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-41953-8 |language=en}}

2004

::Loxcil Tuck, first woman elected mayor of Tarrant, Alabama{{Cite web |date=2023-02-17 |title=Loxcil Tuck, longest serving woman mayor in Alabama history, dies at 89 |url=https://www.cbs42.com/news/local/loxcil-tuck-longest-serving-woman-mayor-in-alabama-history-dies-at-89/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=CBS 42 |language=en-US}}

2009

::Carole Smitherman, first woman mayor of Birmingham, Alabama{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Bob |date=2009-10-29 |title=Acting Mayor Carole Smitherman won't say yet if she'll seek election |url=https://www.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/10/acting_mayor_smitherman.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=al |language=en}}

2016

::Karin Wilson, first woman mayor of Fairhope, Alabama{{Cite web |last=Specker |first=Lawrence |date=2016-08-24 |title=Mobile-area elections: Wilson wins in Fairhope |url=https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2016/08/mobile_area_elections_2016_liv.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=al |language=en}}

2021

::Linda Peebles, first woman elected mayor of Courtland, Alabama{{Cite web |last=Advertiser |first=Michael Wetzel Special to The |date=2021-02-17 |title=Courtland's first woman mayor has high hopes |url=https://www.moultonadvertiser.com/news/article_c58f5642-712c-11eb-9d1f-c3223eb8408e.html |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=The Moulton Advertiser |language=en}}

Alaska

1946

::Doris Barnes, first woman mayor of Wrangell, Alaska{{Cite web |last=Wrangell |first=Sage Smiley, KSTK- |date=2023-06-27 |title=Amateur historian wins national award for podcast on one of Alaska's deadliest shipwrecks |url=https://alaskapublic.org/2023/06/27/amateur-historian-wins-national-award-for-podcast-on-one-of-alaskas-deadliest-shipwrecks/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Alaska Public Media |language=en-US}}

1956

::Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska{{Cite news |date=Oct 3, 1956 |title=Three votes elect M. Sarvela mayor in Tuesday's election |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/11547789/?terms=Sitka%20Alaska%20elected%20mayor%20first&match=1 |work=Daily Sitka Sentinel |pages=1}}

1965

::Sylvia Ringstad, first woman elected mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=fairbanks+sylvia+ringstad+first+mayor+1965&pg=SL11-PA244 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

1966

::Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska{{Cite news |date=Oct 6, 1966 |title=Petersburg Elects Woman as Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/16427546/?terms=Bernice%20Stokke%20Petersburg%20Alaska&match=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |pages=3}}

1975

::Virginia Kline, first woman elected mayor of Juneau, Alaska{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=Virginia+Kline+Juneau,+Alaska&pg=SL11-PA254 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

1976

::Elizabeth Hjellen, first woman mayor of Wasilla, Alaska{{Cite web |date=2009-05-23 |title=Hjellen, Wasilla's first female mayor, dies at age 92 |url=https://www.frontiersman.com/obituaries/hjellen-wasilla-s-first-female-mayor-dies-at-age-92/article_d42f5727-8bbe-5b75-8c7a-65ed45b266ee.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=History of Elected Officials |url=https://www.cityofwasilla.gov/our-community/about/history-of-elected-officials/f-k}}

2011

::Charlotte Brower, first woman elected mayor of North Slope Borough, Alaska{{cite news|title=Inupiat whaling, drilling at stake in recent Alaskan mayor's race |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/12/inupiat-whaling-and-oil-drilling-at-stake-in-recent-alaskan-mayors-race.html |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 6, 2011 |access-date=December 3, 2016}}

Arizona

1927

::Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona{{cite news|title=Coates: Historic house has seen better days |url=http://www.trivalleycentral.com/opinion/columns/coates-historic-house-has-seen-better-days/article_7b6ae3ba-0695-11e3-a36c-0019bb2963f4.html |work=Casa Grande Dispatch |date=August 16, 2013 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.myheraldreview.com/news/people-person-ethel-berger-dies-at-88/article_91bb9ab2-0ceb-518c-a7a7-c2370521ba94.html|title="People person" Ethel Berger dies at 88|date=November 15, 2010 }}

1976

::Margaret Hance, first woman elected Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona{{RP|238-239}}{{cite web |author=Jeff Scott |url=http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/hance.html |title=Mayor Margaret Taylor Hance |publisher=Jeff.scott.tripod.com |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927061250/http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/hance.html |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}

1988

::Peggy Rubach, first woman elected mayor of Mesa, Arizona{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=Margaret+Rubach+mayor+woman&pg=SL11-PA247 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

1995

::Joan Shafer, first woman elected mayor of Surprise, Arizona{{cite news|first=Tony|last=Lombardo |title=1st female mayor of Surprise dies |url=http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0414gl-nwvshaferobit0414.html |work=Arizona Republic |date=April 14, 2008 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

2023

::Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor of Maricopa, Arizona{{cite news|first=Monica|last=Spencer |title=History made with female mayor, vice mayor |url=https://www.inmaricopa.com/history-made-with-female-mayor-vice-mayor/ |work=In Maricopa |date=December 7, 2023 |access-date=December 8, 2023}}

Arkansas

1925

::Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas{{cite news|title=Running Town in Their Own Way|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=RCS19250508.2.40&srpos=8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------0-#|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Routt County Sentinel|date=May 8, 1925|location=Steamboat Springs, Colorado|page=3}}

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.{{cite news|title=Mexicans Cal, But Refuse to See Woman Mayor|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19150911.2.115&srpos=9&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Los Angeles Herald|date=September 11, 1915|location=Los Angeles, California|page=1}}

1916

::Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, California{{cite news|title=Club Woman Elected Mayor of Sawtelle|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SU19160412.2.9&srpos=16&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Sacramento Union|date=April 12, 1916|location=Sacramento, California|page=1}}

1924

::Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California{{Cite book |last=Davis |first=Ken |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SykklGpE29AC&q=nelson |title=Signal Hill |date=2006 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-3073-4 |language=en}}

::Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California

1926

::Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor Has Bobbed Hair|url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=6510588&page=4&q=first+woman+mayor&sort=rel|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=July 7, 1926|location=Ogden, Utah}}

1928

::May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of Redondo Beach, California{{Cite book |last=Clarke |first=Ida Clyde |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n5BPAAAAMAAJ&dq=1928++May+B.+Hopkins++Redondo+Beach&pg=PA188 |title=Women of Today |date=1928 |publisher=Women of Today Press |language=en}}

1929

::Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California{{cite news|title=Eureka Elects Woman Mayor|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MT19290620.2.26&srpos=8&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Madera Tribune|date=June 20, 1929|location=Madera, California|page=1}}

1931

::Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California{{Cite web |last1=Herald |first1=Monterey |last2=Leyde |first2=Tom |date=2018-05-04 |title=Steinbeck Festival explores women of author's world |url=https://www.montereyherald.com/social-affairs/20180504/steinbeck-festival-explores-women-of-authors-world/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Monterey Herald |language=en-US}}

1941

::Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of San Leandro, California{{Cite book |last=Rogers |first=Meg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DEbSvmq9MpkC&dq=Helen+Lawrence,+first+female+mayor+of+San+Leandro,+California&pg=PA87 |title=The Portuguese in San Leandro |date=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-5833-2 |language=en}}

1942

::Jessie Reed, first female mayor of Seal Beach, California{{Cite web |date=2023-03-20 |title=Ladies first: 10 women who paved the way in Orange County politics |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/20/ladies-first-10-women-who-paved-the-way-in-orange-county-politics/ |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}

1947

::Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of Berkeley, California{{Cite book |last=Willard |first=Ruth Hendricks |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qwgSAQAAIAAJ&q=carrie+l.+hoyt+mayor+first+woman |title=Alameda, California Crossroads: An Illustrated History |date=1988 |publisher=Windsor Publications |isbn=978-0-89781-283-2 |language=en}}

1948

::Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California

1952

::Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California{{Cite news |date=Apr 18, 1952 |title=M. V. Enthusiasm For Early NWP Pact Is Lacking |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/70345331/?terms=%22Mill%20Valley%22%20mayor%20%22Cummings%22%20elected&match=1 |work=Daily Independent Journal |pages=1}}

1953

::Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of Lodi, California{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=Wes Bowers/News-Sentinel Staff |date=2023-12-08 |title=Craig named mayor, Bregman vice mayor during Lodi City Council reorganization |url=https://www.lodinews.com/news/article_16fbeae6-9578-11ee-b128-93693382897b.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Lodinews.com |language=en}}

1963

::Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California{{Cite news |date=May 12, 1963 |title=Rolling Hills Has Woman As Its Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/381589946/?terms=Teena%20Clifton%20Rolling%20Hills%20California%20mayor&match=1 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=137}}

::Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California{{Cite news |date=1982-04-06 |title=Obituary for Florence Vallejos Douglas (Aged 86) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-advocate-obituary-for-florence-val/41405125/ |access-date=2024-04-01 |work=Times-Advocate |pages=19}}

1968

::Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California{{cite news |first=Steven|last=Cuevas|title=Corona's first female mayor dies at age 93 |url=http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/09/06/28677/coronas-first-female-mayor-dies-age-93/ |work=KPCC |date=September 6, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

1971

::Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California{{cite news|first=Genevieve|last=Bookwalter|title=Lorette Wood, Santa Cruz's first female mayor, dies at 94|url=http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_14942901|work=Santa Cruz Sentinel|date=April 23, 2010|access-date=May 15, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611220202/http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_14942901|archive-date=June 11, 2011|url-status=dead}}

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{{RP|238}}{{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=April 21, 2014 |access-date=May 11, 2014|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=April 24, 2014|url-status=live}}

1976

::Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California.{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/featured/arcadias-first-female-mayor-floretta-lauber-honored-for-50-years-of-community-service/ |title=Arcadia's First Female Mayor, Floretta Lauber, Honored For 50 Years Of Community Service |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=May 5, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.arcadiaweekly.com/obituaries/in-memoriam-floretta-adelaide-keith-lauber/ |title=In Memoriam: Floretta Adelaide Keith Lauber |website=arcadiaweekly.com |date=August 2, 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}

::Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California{{cite news|title=Laguna's First Female Mayor Dies|url=http://www.lagunabeachindy.com/2013/12/07/lagunas-first-female-mayor-dies/|work=Laguna Beach Independent|date=December 7, 2013|access-date=January 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109040238/http://www.lagunabeachindy.com/2013/12/07/lagunas-first-female-mayor-dies/|archive-date=January 9, 2014}}

1977

::Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California{{cite news|first=Anna|last=Cheng-Yen |title=Eleanor Crouch, Santa Paula's first female mayor, dies |url=http://www.vcstar.com/news/2009/mar/12/eleanor-crouch-santa-paulas-first-female-mayor/ |work=Ventura County Star |date=March 12, 2009 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

1978

::Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of Thousand Oaks, California

:::also served 1983 to 1984{{cite news|first=Megan|last=Diskin |title=Thousand Oaks' first female mayor dies |url=http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2017/02/07/thousand-oaks-first-female-mayor-dies/97614832/ |work=Ventura County Star |date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225234153/http://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/conejo-valley/2017/02/07/thousand-oaks-first-female-mayor-dies/97614832/ |archive-date=February 25, 2017 |url-status=live}}

::Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of San Francisco{{RP|238-239, 249-250}}{{Cite news|url=http://fortune.com/2017/12/12/london-breed-acting-mayor-san-francisco/|title=San Francisco Has A New Acting Mayor|work=Fortune|access-date=August 18, 2018|language=en}}

::Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of Monrovia, California{{Cite web |title=Mary Ostrye Obituary (1924 - 2018) - Monrovia, CA - Pasadena Star-News |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/pasadenastarnews/name/mary-ostrye-obituary?id=9975416 |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Legacy.com}}{{Cite web |date=2011-04-09 |title=Pat Ostrye Shares Memories Of Monrovia |url=https://patch.com/california/monrovia/pat-ostrye-shares-memories-of-monrovia |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=Monrovia, CA Patch |language=en}}

1979

::Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California

1980

::Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of Long Beach, California{{cite web|url=http://www.presstelegram.com/technology/20110611/former-long-beach-mayor-eunice-sato-the-giver-at-her-birthday-party |title=Former Long Beach Mayor Eunice Sato the giver at her birthday party |publisher=Presstelegram.com |date= June 11, 2011|access-date=March 16, 2017}}

::Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&q=Josephine+Heckman |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

1981

::Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California{{cite web |url=http://www.firstwomenofkern.org/stories/storyReader$62 |title=First Women of Kern |publisher=First Women of Kern |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054127/http://www.firstwomenofkern.org/stories/storyReader$62 |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}

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{{cite book|last1=Darcy |first1=R |first2=Susan |last2=Welch |first3=Janet |last3=Clark |title=Women, Elections & Representation |location=Lincoln |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |year=1994 |page=[https://archive.org/details/womenelectionsre0000darc/page/33 33] |oclc=28256089 |isbn=9780803216969 |url=https://archive.org/details/womenelectionsre0000darc |url-access=registration |access-date=November 24, 2018 |via=Internet Archive}}

1982

::[https://burbankinfocus.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A656 Mary Lou Howard], first woman mayor of [https://www.burbankca.gov/ Burbank, California].

1983

::Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of Alameda, California https://www.alamedaca.gov/files/assets/public/v/1/city-manager/proclamations/womens-history-month-2020.pdf

City Proclamation: "Women have held elected offices of Mayor and Councilmember since Alameda's first woman Mayor, Anne B. Diament, was elected in 1983"

::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.{{Cite news|first= |last= |author-link= |title=City Council Elects Wells as First Female Mayor |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=January 12, 1989 |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92916168/the-los-angeles-times/ |quote=Wells, 42, is the first Black woman....}}

1990

::Alice Jempsa, Los Alamitos, California{{cite news|last1=Bozanich|first1=Kathie|title=Orange County Focus LOS ALAMITOS : Jempsa Elected as First Woman Mayor|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-11-14-me-4288-story.html|access-date=January 11, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=November 14, 1990}}

1997

::Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of Huntington Park, California{{cite news |date=June 12, 1997 |title=City Council Elects First Woman Mayor |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-06-12-me-2796-story.html |access-date=January 11, 2018 |work=Los Angeles Times}}

2009

::Susan Gorin, first woman elected mayor of Santa Rosa, California{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&q=Susan+Gorin+mayor++2009 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title='Tireless breaker of glass ceilings': Feinstein blazed trail for Sonoma County women in politics |url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/tireless-breaker-of-glass-ceilings-feinstein-blazed-trail-for-sonoma-cou/?gallery=9f66fa69-9457-44b4-b1a4-bcbbd426eebb |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.pressdemocrat.com}}

2011

::Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of Jurupa Valley, California

:::also first mayor of Jurupa Valley, California{{cite web|author=SANDRA STOKLEY and JIM MILLER | work= The Press-Enterprise |url=http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/riverside/riverside-headlines-index/20110706-jurupa-valley-cityhood-celebration-masks-financial-concerns.ece |title=JURUPA VALLEY: Cityhood celebration masks financial concerns |access-date=April 29, 2013}}

::Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of Oakland, California

:::also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/12/us/politics/12bcvoting.html|last1=Elinson|first1=Zusha|last2=Shih|first2=Gerry|title=The Winning Strategy in Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice|work=The New York Times|date=November 12, 2010|location=New York City|page=A21A(L)}}

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2012

::Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of Guadalupe, California

2016

::Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of Kingsburg, California{{Cite news|url=https://hanfordsentinel.com/community/kingsburg_recorder/news/city-council-reorganizes-leadership/article_148afb88-4fe0-5855-9217-34569b03d48e.html|title=City Council reorganizes leadership|author=Joseph Luiz |work=Hanford Sentinel|access-date=October 7, 2018|language=en}}

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{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

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{{cite news |last1=Levin |first1=Sam |last2=Beckett |first2=Lois |title=Karen Bass becomes the first female mayor of Los Angeles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/16/karen-bass-los-angeles-mayor-victory-us-midterms |access-date=November 17, 2022 |work=The Guardian |date=November 16, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Thebault |first1=Reis |title=Karen Bass becomes first woman elected Los Angeles mayor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/11/16/bass-mayor-los-angeles/ |access-date=November 17, 2022 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 16, 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Hubler |first1=Shawn |title=Karen Bass Becomes First Woman Elected as Los Angeles Mayor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/us/politics/la-mayor-race-california-caruso-bass.html |access-date=November 17, 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 16, 2022}}

:Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of Anaheim

:Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of Santa Ana, California{{Cite web |date=2022-12-17 |title=Valerie Amezcua takes the helm of Santa Ana as the city's first female mayor |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2022/12/17/valerie-amezcua-takes-the-helm-of-santa-ana-as-the-citys-first-female-mayor/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Orange County Register |language=en-US}}

Colorado

1916

::C. I. Driver, first woman to serve as mayor of Lone Rock, Colorado

:::was appointed by the city council{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor at Lone Rock|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071038/1916-01-13/ed-1/seq-1/#index=15&rows=20&words=Mayor+Woman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=5|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=The Gazette-Times|date=January 13, 1916|location=Heppner, Oregon|page=1}}

1929

::Elizabeth Lower, first woman to be elected mayor of Grover, Colorado{{cite book| author=Propst, Nell B. |title=Those Strenuous Dames of the Colorado Prairie |page=80 |location=Boulder, Colo |publisher=Pruett Pub. Co |year=1982 |oclc=8588773 | isbn=978-0871086273 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rAO2AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Elizabeth+Lower%22 | via=Google Books }}

1965

::Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado

1969

::Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado{{cite news|title=Aspen loses an icon in Eve Homeyer |url=http://www.aspentimes.com/article/20090721/NEWS/907209938 |work=Aspen Times |date=July 21, 2009 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

1995

::Mary Lou Makepeace, first woman mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado{{cite web |url=http://www.cogreatwomen.org/makepeace.htm |title=Mary Lou Makepeace |publisher=Cogreatwomen.org |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219091857/http://www.cogreatwomen.org/makepeace.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2012 }}

Connecticut

1967

::Ann Uccello, also known as Antonina Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut{{RP|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{{Cite news |date=March 10, 1998 |title=City Stunned to Lose Ex-Mayor in Lottery Attack |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/10/nyregion/city-stunned-to-lose-ex-mayor-in-lottery-attack.html |work=The New York Times}}

2007

::April Capone Almon, first woman elected mayor of East Haven, Connecticut

2013

::Deb Hinchey, first woman elected mayor of Norwich, Connecticut{{cite web|url=http://www.theday.com/article/20131105/NWS01/131109843|title=Norwich: Hinchey the winner in mayor's race|date=November 5, 2013}}

::Toni Harp, first woman elected mayor, and first female African-American mayor of New Haven, Connecticut{{cite news |title=Toni Harp sworn in as 50th mayor of New Haven |url=https://www.nhregister.com/connecticut/article/Toni-Harp-sworn-in-as-50th-mayor-of-New-Haven-11378757.php |access-date= November 14, 2020 |work=New Haven Register |date=January 1, 2014}}

::Anita Dugatto, first woman elected mayor of Derby, Connecticut{{cite news|url=http://www.ctpost.com/local/article/Dugatto-to-become-Derby-s-1st-woman-mayor-4958539.php#photo-5421183|title=Dugatto to become Derby's 1st female mayor|work=Connecticut Post|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=March 15, 2015 |last1=Mayko |first1=Michael P. }}

2017

::Nancy Rossi, first woman elected mayor of West Haven, Connecticut{{cite news|url=https://www.nhregister.com/west-haven/article/Mayor-Rossi-wins-reelection-in-West-Haven-14812320.php|title=Mayor Rossi wins reelection in West Haven|date=November 6, 2019|work=New Haven Register |last1=McLoughlin |first1=Pam }}

2021

Carolin Simmons, first woman elected mayor of Stamford, Connecticut.{{Cite news |last1=Gurciullo |first1=Brianna |last2=Valle |first2=Verónica Del |last3=Laguarda |first3=Ignacio |date=November 3, 2021 |title=Caroline Simmons wins Stamford mayoral election as Bobby Valentine concedes |url=https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/elections/article/Close-race-in-Stamford-for-mayor-as-results-start-16587037.php |access-date=December 12, 2022 |website=StamfordAdvocate |language=en-US}}

Delaware

1947

::Margaret Hastings, first woman mayor of Blades, Delaware{{Cite web |title=History: A Town Called Blades, Delaware - Town of Blades - Sussex County Delaware |url=https://blades.delaware.gov/history-a-town-called-blades-delaware/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Town of Blades |language=en-us}}

1966

::Norma Handloff, first woman mayor of Newark, Delaware and of a Delaware city{{Cite web |last=Burke |first=Melissa Nann |title=Newark's new mayor, Polly Sierer, looks to start 'healing' |url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/1/01/01/newarks-new-mayor-polly-sierer-looks-to-start-healing/3865045/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The News Journal |language=en-US}}

2023

::Valarie Leary, first woman mayor of New Castle, Delaware{{Cite web |last=madelinegoss |date=2023-09-14 |title=History still being made in New Castle with city's first female mayor sworn in at museum site |url=https://history.delaware.gov/2023/09/14/history-still-being-made-in-new-castle-with-citys-first-female-mayor-sworn-in-at-museum-site/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs - State of Delaware |language=en-US}}

Florida

1917

File:Marian Newhall Horwitz in NYTimes July 29 1917.jpg

::Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor Quits Job; Time to Be Devoted to Farm, Since Husband Is in Army|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1918-06-22/ed-1/seq-1/#index=14&rows=20&words=MAYOR+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=9|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Morning Oregonian|date=June 22, 1918|location=Portland, Oregon|page=1}}

:::also first woman mayor in Florida

1921

::Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida{{cite news|last1=Kleinberg|first1=Eliot|title=Lantana's first woman mayor|work=The Palm Beach Post|date=September 1, 2004|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|page=13}}

1922

::Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida{{cite news|title=Woman Named Mayor|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=SU19221011.2.173&srpos=3&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Sacramento Union|date=October 11, 1922|location=Sacramento, California|page=10}}

1928

::Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida

1951

::Marie Cross, first woman mayor of Jupiter, Florida{{Cite news |date=Apr 22, 1951 |title=Jupiter's Woman Mayor Sworn In |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/133599219/?terms=Marie%20Cross%20%20Jupiter%2C%20Florida%20mayor%201951%20elected&match=1 |work=The Palm Beach Post |pages=29}}

1961

::Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida{{Cite book |last=Waitley |first=Douglas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EJhxDwAAQBAJ&dq=Violet+Cimbora+mayor&pg=PT151 |title=The Heartland |date=2013-09-01 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-56164-654-8 |language=en}}

1973

::Virginia S. Young, first woman elected mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYDSEAAAQBAJ&dq=Fort+Lauderdale,+Florida++Virginia+Shuman+Young++1973&pg=RA3-PA1971 |title=They Dared to Dream: Florida Women Who Shaped History |date=2015-05-26 |publisher=University Press of Florida |isbn=978-0-8130-5933-4 |language=en}}

1976

::Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida{{cite news|title=Mayors of Boca Raton |url=http://www.bocahistory.org/exhibits/exhibits_past.asp |work=Boca Raton Historical Society |access-date=July 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427041653/http://www.bocahistory.org/exhibits/exhibits_past.asp |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}

1977

::Corrine Freeman, first woman mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida{{Cite web |date=2014-05-12 |title=First female mayor of St. Pete dies at 87 |url=https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/local/pinellascounty/first-female-mayor-of-st-pete-dies-at-87/67-300373043 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=wtsp.com |language=en-US}}

1978

::Helen Wilkes, first woman to become Mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida{{cite news|first=Marissa |last=Gottesman |title=Helen Wilkes, 88, first female mayor of West Palm Beach |url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/palm-beach/fl-palm-helen-wilkes-obit-20151009-story.html |work=Sun Sentinel |date=October 9, 2015 |access-date=October 25, 2015}}

1983

::Kathleen Kelly (politician), first woman mayor of Clearwater, Florida{{Cite web |title=Kellys Article |url=http://www.gbdreamers.org/kellys_article.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.gbdreamers.org}}{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=kathleen+kelly+clearwater+fl+first+woman&pg=SL11-PA254 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

::Carol Zimmer Bellamy, first woman mayor of Tallahassee, Florida{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aYDSEAAAQBAJ&dq=Tallahassee,+Florida++Carol+Bellamy++1983&pg=RA3-PA1984 |title=They Dared to Dream: Florida Women Who Shaped History |date=2015-05-26 |publisher=University Press of Florida |isbn=978-0-8130-5933-4 |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=1991-02-26 |title=Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-florida-sun-sentinel-obituary/34679360/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |work=South Florida Sun Sentinel |pages=10}}

1987

::Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida{{cite web|url=http://www.tampagov.net/city-clerk/info/previous-mayors/freedman-sandra-warshaw|title=Sandra Warshaw Freedman - 55th Mayor Of Tampa|last=cotadmin|date=June 17, 2014}}

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{{cite news|title=Residents of Port St. Lucie elect city's 1st female mayor|work=The Palm Beach Post|date=November 12, 2006|location=West Palm Beach, Florida|page=3C}}

2007

::Rita Ellis, first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach, Florida{{cite news|last1=Slife|first1=Erika|title=Ellis is city's first woman elected mayor of Delray Beach: Longtime commissioner vows to break down barriers|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|date=March 14, 2007|location=Fort Lauderdale, Florida}}

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::Matti Herrera Bower, first woman elected mayor of Miami Beach, Florida{{cite news |first=David |last=Smiley |title=Miami Beach mayor coasts to third term |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/11/01/2481998/miami-beach-voters-trickle-in.html |work=Miami Herald |date=November 1, 2011 |access-date=November 6, 2011}}

2013

::Marni Sawicki, first woman mayor of Cape Coral, Florida.{{cite web |last1=Chestnut |first1=Cathy |title=New girl in town |url=https://www.news-press.com/story/life/style/grandeur/2014/11/08/new-girl-in-town/18255817/ |website=The News-Press}}

2014

::Mayra Peña Lindsay, first woman mayor of Key Biscayne, Florida{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/01/4213066/key-biscayne-gets-first-woman.html|title=Key Biscayne|work=miamiherald|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

2015

::Gail Ash, first woman elected mayor of Clermont, Florida{{cite web|url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/lake/os-lk-new-clermont-mayor-gail-ash-20150221-story.html|title=Gail Ash, first woman mayor, takes the reins of Clermont – Orlando Sentinel|author=Orlando Sentinel|date=February 23, 2015|work=OrlandoSentinel.com|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

2016

::Milissa Holland, first woman elected mayor of Palm Coast, Florida{{cite news|first=Colleen Michelle |last=Jones |title=Palm Coast Mayor Milissa Holland is Elks' Citizen of the Year |url=http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/photo-gallery/palm-coast-mayor-milissa-holland-is-elks'-citizen-of-the-year |work=Palm Coast Observer |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=February 25, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170226040739/http://www.palmcoastobserver.com/photo-gallery/palm-coast-mayor-milissa-holland-is-elks%27-citizen-of-the-year |archive-date=February 26, 2017 |url-status=live }}

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{{cite web |url=http://duluthhistorical.org/stricklandhouse.html |title=Duluth Historical society |publisher=Duluthhistorical.org |date=May 1, 2009 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615194903/http://duluthhistorical.org/stricklandhouse.html |archive-date=June 15, 2013 }}

1934

::Mrs. Adele (wife of Solomon S.) Youmans,"Mrs. Adele R. Youmans," Macon, Georgia News, September 8, 1969, p. 14 first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia{{cite news |author1=United Press |title=Petticoat Rule is Adopted by Georgia Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25562647/petticoat_rule_is_adopted_by_georgia/ |access-date=November 20, 2018 |work=Mount Carmel Item |date=January 2, 1935 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121001751/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25562647/petticoat_rule_is_adopted_by_georgia/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |location=Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania |page=5|via=newspapers.com}}

1978

::Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia{{cite news |title=Black Woman Elected Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25499812/black_woman_elected_mayor/ |access-date=November 18, 2018 |work=The Atlanta Constitution |date=December 29, 1978 |page=3–C | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118203043/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25499812/black_woman_elected_mayor/ |archive-date=November 18, 2018 | via=newspapers.com}}

1991

::Susan Weiner, first woman elected Mayor of Savannah, Georgia{{cite news|first=Michelle E.|last=Shaw|title=Susan Weiner, 66: First female mayor of Savannah |url=http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local/susan-weiner-66-first-female-mayor-of-savannah-1/nRBc4/ |work=Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=August 13, 2013 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

2001

::Shirley Franklin, first woman and black woman elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Jessie |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kFHeEAAAQBAJ&dq=Shirley+Franklin,+first+woman+and+black+woman+elected+mayor+of+Atlanta,+Georgia&pg=PA606 |title=Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture: [4 volumes] |date=2010-12-17 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-313-35797-8 |language=en}}

2010

::Teresa Tomlinson, first woman elected mayor of Columbus, Georgia{{cite news|url=http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2011/01/03/1406100/tomlinsons-inaugural-speech-touts.html|title=Tomlinson's inaugural speech touts fresh approach, 'seismic shift' in Columbus|date=January 3, 2011|first=Tim|last=Chitwood|newspaper=Ledger-Enquirer}}

2012

::Dorothy Hubbard, first woman elected mayor of Albany, Georgia{{cite web|url=http://www.walb.com/story/16474497/albanys-first-female-mayor-will-be-sworn-in-tonight|title=Albany's first female Mayor will be sworn in tonight|date=January 9, 2012 }}

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.{{cite news | url=https://www.wabe.org/jonesboros-first-ever-black-mayor-to-take-office-in-citys-history/ | title=Jonesboro voters elect Dr. Donya Sartor as their first-ever Black mayor | newspaper=Wabe | date=March 24, 2023 }}

Hawaii

1962

::Helene Hale, first woman elected Chairman and Executive Officer, equivalent to mayor of Hawaii County, Hawaii.{{Cite web |last=Barbee-Wooten |first=Daphne |date=2013-08-02 |title=Helene H. Hale (1918-2013) • |url=https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hale-helene-h-1918-2013/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |language=en-US}}

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.{{cite news|title=Daily Capital Journal|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063955/1898-04-06/ed-1/seq-1/#sort=date&city=&rows=20&words=Mayor+Woman&language=&sequence=0&index=5&date1=&proxdistance=&county=&date2=&frequency=&ortext=&proxtext=woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=&page=1|access-date=December 29, 2017|date=April 6, 1898|location=Salem, Oregon|page=1}}

2003

::Carolyn Terteling-Payne, first woman Mayor of Boise, Idaho{{cite web|title=Our History|url=http://www.jlboise.com/about-us/our-history/|website=jlboise.com|publisher=Junior League of Boise|access-date=January 12, 2018}}

Illinois

1911

::Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor Mulcts Men|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn88086023/1911-11-15/ed-1/seq-8/#index=18&rows=20&words=MAYOR+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=5|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=East Oregonian|date=November 15, 1911|location=Pendleton, Oregon|page=8}}

1915

::A. R. Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor of Warren, Ill., at Her Desk|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063812/1917-11-02/ed-1/seq-2/#index=9&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=Mayor+Woman&page=4|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=The Evening Herald|date=November 2, 1917|location=Klamath Falls, Oregon|page=2}}

1923

::Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois{{cite news |title=Woman Named Thebes Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25663958/woman_named_thebes_mayor_nora_gammon/ |access-date=November 24, 2018 |work=Sikeston Standard |date=April 20, 1923 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124143526/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25663958/woman_named_thebes_mayor_nora_gammon/ |archive-date=November 24, 2018 |location=Sikeston, Missouri |page=1 |via=newspapers.com}}Mayors. (1923). Time, 1(10), 8

1949

::Rose M. Brown, first woman mayor of Tinley Park, Illinois

1965

::Frances M. Kuhn, first woman mayor of Woodstock, Illinois and first woman mayor of a town of more than 5,000 in Illinois{{cite news |title=Woodstock's Former Mayor Frances Kuhn Made Inroads |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/01/09/woodstocks-former-mayor-frances-kuhn-made-inroads/ |access-date=March 20, 2025 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=January 9, 1991 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250319224330/https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/01/09/woodstocks-former-mayor-frances-kuhn-made-inroads/ |archive-date=March 19, 2025 |location=Chicago, Illinois }}

1969

::Marget D. Hamilton, first woman mayor of Wheaton, Illinois{{cite news |title=Marget Hamilton: Wheaton's First Female Mayor |url=https://www.wheatonlibrary.org/videos/marget-hamilton-wheatons-first-female-mayor |access-date=March 20, 2025}}{{cite news |title=Wheaton Mayors |url=https://www.wheatonlibrary.org/wheaton-mayors |access-date=March 20, 2025}}

1974

::Arlene B Fetzner, first woman mayor of Crystal Lake, Illinois{{cite news |title=Crystal Lake Mayors |url=https://cl-hs.org/local-history/historic-people/crystal-lake-mayors/ |access-date=March 20, 2025}}

1979

::Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected Mayor of Chicago, Illinois{{RP|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{{cite web|url=http://thesouthern.com/news/local/southern-illinois-women-blaze-trails-through-history/article_0871417e-fe4d-57f5-bd68-6e4a6f4f9a07.html|title=Southern Illinois women blaze trails through history|author=SARAH HALASZ GRAHAM THE SOUTHERN|work=The Southern|date=March 13, 2015 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

1983

::Margaret Price, first woman mayor of Naperville, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://napervillemagazine.com/mayoral-roll-call/|title=Mayoral Roll Call|author=Mark Loehrke|work=Naperville Magazine|date=December 2018 |access-date=March 20, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124034729/https://napervillemagazine.com/mayoral-roll-call/ |archive-date=January 24, 2025 }}

1985

::Joan Barr, first woman mayor of Evanston, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/03/25/evanstons-first-female-mayor-managed-through-consensus/|title=Evanston’s first female mayor managed through consensus|author=Bob Seidenberg|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 15, 2015 |access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329003758/https://www.chicagotribune.com/2015/03/25/evanstons-first-female-mayor-managed-through-consensus/|archive-date=March 29, 2025 }}

1995

::Karen Hasara, first woman mayor of Springfield, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.sangamoncountycircuitclerk.org/general-information/sangamon-county-circuit-clerk-office-history/karen-hasara/|title=Karen Hasara 1980 - 1986|access-date=March 31, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014085905/https://www.sangamoncountycircuitclerk.org/general-information/sangamon-county-circuit-clerk-office-history/karen-hasara/|archive-date=October 14, 2024 }}

1999

::Debra Powell, first woman mayor of East St. Louis, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/powell-debra-1964|title=Powell, Debra A. 1964–|access-date=March 27, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222153818/https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/powell-debra-1964|archive-date=February 22, 2025 }}

2001

::Bette Thomas, first black female Mayor of North Chicago, Illinois

2011

::Laurie Barra, first woman mayor of Pekin, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2011/11/13/laurie-barra-pekin-s-first/42519975007/|title=Laurie Barra, Pekin's first woman mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402181724/https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2011/11/13/laurie-barra-pekin-s-first/42519975007/|archive-date=April 2, 2023 }}

2011

::Nancy Rotering, first woman mayor of Pekin, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.starttv.com/my-start-story/nancy-rotering-rang-every-doorbell-to-become-the-first-woman-mayor-of-highland-park|title=Nancy Rotering, parent advocate, became first female mayor of her Chicago suburb|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250120213512/https://www.starttv.com/my-start-story/nancy-rotering-rang-every-doorbell-to-become-the-first-woman-mayor-of-highland-park|archive-date=January 20, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://sesp.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/nancy-rotering.html|title=Nancy Rotering|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122210217/https://sesp.northwestern.edu/people/faculty/nancy-rotering.html|archive-date=January 22, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/113137/nancy-rotering|title=Nancy Rotering's Biography|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329000841/https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/113137/nancy-rotering|archive-date=March 29, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://mayorscaucus.org/regions-mayors-elect-highland-park-mayor-rotering-as-next-chair/|title=Region’s Mayors Elect Highland Park Mayor Rotering as Next Chair|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209164111/https://mayorscaucus.org/regions-mayors-elect-highland-park-mayor-rotering-as-next-chair/|archive-date=December 9, 2024}}

2017

::Patty Eidam, first woman mayor of Lansing, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.villageoflansing.org/village_departments/mayor/index.php|title=VILLAGE OF LANSING ELECTED OFFICIALS|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241115045330/https://www.villageoflansing.org/village_departments/mayor/index.php|archive-date=November 15, 2024 }}{{cite web|url=https://thelansingjournal.com/2021/05/10/lansing-mayor-patty-eidam-reflects-on-four-years-as-mayor/|title=Lansing Mayor Patty Eidam reflects on four years as mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529094854/https://thelansingjournal.com/2021/05/10/lansing-mayor-patty-eidam-reflects-on-four-years-as-mayor/|archive-date=May 29, 2024 }}

2021

::Kelly M. Burke, first woman mayor of Highland Park, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.evergreenpark-ill.com/192/Mayor-Kelly-Burke|title=Mayor's Office|access-date=March 27, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209144950/https://www.evergreenpark-ill.com/192/Mayor-Kelly-Burke|archive-date=December 9, 2023 }}

2021

::Tiffany Henyard, first woman mayor of Dolton, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://chicagodefender.com/tiffany-henyard-makes-history-as-first-female-mayor-of-dolton/|title=Tiffany Henyard Makes History as First Female Mayor of Dolton.|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118204512/https://chicagodefender.com/tiffany-henyard-makes-history-as-first-female-mayor-of-dolton/|archive-date=November 18, 2023 }}

2021

::Patty Gregory, first woman mayor of Belleville, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.belleville.net/352/Mayor|title=Mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216032724/https://www.belleville.net/352/Mayor|archive-date=February 16, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CandidateDetailCD.aspx?ID=68bhYceEFl0Ys%2FHxvmHljQ%3D%3D|title=Candidate Details|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329032522/https://elections.il.gov/campaigndisclosure/CandidateDetailCD.aspx?ID=68bhYceEFl0Ys%2FHxvmHljQ%3D%3D|archive-date=March 29, 2025}}

2021

::Ann B. Taylor, first woman mayor of Waukegan, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.waukeganil.gov/331/Mayor|title=Mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250305035433/https://www.waukeganil.gov/331/Mayor|archive-date=March 5, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.waukeganil.gov/633/Mayor|title=Mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250306084124/https://www.waukeganil.gov/633/Mayor|archive-date=March 6, 2025}}

2021

::Rita Ali, first woman mayor of Peoria, Illinois{{cite web|url=https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/05/04/rita-ali-first-female-black-mayor-peoria-illinois-election-history/4931719001/|title=Historic night for Peoria: Rita Ali sworn in as city's first female, Black mayor|access-date=March 28, 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717185504/https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/05/04/rita-ali-first-female-black-mayor-peoria-illinois-election-history/4931719001/|archive-date=July 17, 2024}}

Indiana

1938

::Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana{{Cite web |title=San Bernardino Sun 27 October 1938 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19381027.1.1&srpos=63&e=------193-en--20--61--txt-txIN-%22woman+mayor%22-------1 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

1957

::Mary Jancosek Bercik, first woman mayor of Whiting, Indiana{{Cite web |last=Howey |first=Brian |title=Howey: Cracking the mayoral glass ceiling in Indiana |url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/opinion/columns/2023/04/03/several-indiana-cities-are-poised-to-elect-their-first-female-mayor/70060870007/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=South Bend Tribune |language=en-US}}

1964

::Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana{{Cite web |title=The Pittsburgh Press - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19690616&id=qx0fAAAAIBAJ&pg=5521,15769 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=news.google.com}}

1980

::Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana

1999

::Shirley Robb, first woman elected mayor of Princeton, Indiana{{cite web |url=http://princeton-indiana.com/pages/mayors/mayor_shirley_robb.htm |title=Mayor Shirley Robb |publisher=Princeton-indiana.com |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219092504/http://princeton-indiana.com/pages/mayors/mayor_shirley_robb.htm |archive-date=February 19, 2012 }}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.courierpress.com/news/2007/Nov/6/republican-mayors-lose-sw-indiana/ |title=Evansville Courier & Press |publisher=Courierpress.com |access-date=April 29, 2013}}

2007

::Shawna M. Girgis, first woman elected mayor of Bedford, Indiana[http://www.bedford.in.us/MayorOffice.html Bedford mayoral site] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205025008/http://www.bedford.in.us/MayorOffice.html |date=December 5, 2008 }}

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{{cite web|url=https://www.courierpress.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/07/who-won-the-evansville-mayor-election-natalie-rascher-stephanie-terry-michael-daugherty-winnecke/71435583007/|title=Evansville Courier & Press |publisher=Courierpress.com |date=November 7, 2023}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.women.iowa.gov/about_women/HOF/iafame-harvat.html|title=Iowa Commission on the Status of Women|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110215942/http://www.women.iowa.gov/about_women/HOF/iafame-harvat.html|archive-date=November 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}

1951

::Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa{{Cite web |title=The Daily Reporter - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19540601&id=rpg0AAAAIBAJ&pg=915,1948399 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=news.google.com}}

1971

::Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa{{Cite news |date=Nov 3, 1971 |title=It's Kathy In Davenport |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/304078088/?terms=Kathryn%20Kirschbaum%20Davenport%20Iowa%20elected%20mayor%20woman&match=1 |work=Quad-City Times |pages=1}}

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

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=1800s=

1887

::Susanna M. Salter, first woman elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas

:::the first woman to serve as mayor of an American city.{{cite book |last1=Burrell |first1=Barbara |title=Women and Politics: A Quest for Political Equality in an Age of Economic Inequality |date=2017 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |location=United Kingdom |isbn=9781317516279 |page=214 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dxE4DwAAQBAJ&dq=List+of+first+women+mayors+in+the+United+States+-wikipedia&pg=PT214 |access-date=August 5, 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Weatherford |first1=Doris |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones · Volume 1 |date=2012 |publisher=SAGE Publications |location=United States |isbn=9781608710072 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&q=mayor |access-date=August 5, 2021}}{{RP|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.{{cite news|title=A Woman for Mayor; The Entire City Government of Oskaloosa, Kan. in the Hands of the Fair Sex|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn96076998/1888-04-12/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=15&words=elected+Mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=5|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=Crawford Avalanche|date=April 12, 1888|location=Grayling, Michigan|page=1}} They were all re-elected in 1889.{{cite news|title=Women Voters in Kansas|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87090385/1889-04-25/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=19&words=elected+election+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=7|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=Waco Evening News|date=April 25, 1889|location=Waco, Texas|page=2}}

1889

::America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Wilson |first=D. Ray |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XzjGgK80hHYC&q=America+L.+King |title=Kansas Historical Tour Guide |publisher=Crossroads Communications |year=1994 |isbn=978-0-916445-40-9 |language=en}}

::Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Rossville,+Kansas+mayor+1893&pg=PA400 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8qIUAAAAYAAJ&q=Ella+M.+Wyatt |title=A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans |date=1918 |publisher=Lewis |language=en}}

::Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&q=wilhelmina&pg=PA400 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}

::Lucy Sullivan, first woman mayor of Baldwin, Kansas{{cite news |date=April 5, 1889 |title=Untitled |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85032490/1889-04-05/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=13&words=elected+electing+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=7 |access-date=December 29, 2017 |work=Wichita Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |page=4}}

1890

::Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Belle+Gray+mayor+Canton,+Kansas&pg=PA399 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}

::Margaret Kelly, first woman mayor of Edgerton, Kansas{{Cite web |last=Sponsor |first=Johnson County Post |date=2021-08-11 |title=Inside JCPRD: Women's Firsts in Johnson County |url=https://johnsoncountypost.com/2021/08/11/inside-jcprd-womens-firsts-in-johnson-county-130097/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Johnson County Post |language=en-US}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kZtBAAAAIBAJ&dq=1890&pg=PA2 |title=The Weekly Press |publisher=The Weekly Press |language=en}}

1891

::Rachel S. Packson, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Kiowa,+Kansas++1891++Rachel+S.+Packson&pg=PA400 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pStOAAAAYAAJ&dq=Kiowa,+Kansas++1891+mayor&pg=PP37 |title=The Woman's Column |date=1892 |publisher=American Woman Suffrage Association |language=en}}

::Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&dq=1891++++++Elizabeth+Vedder,Haddam,+Kansas&pg=PA400 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}

1893

::Mary Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas in 1893.{{cite news|title=Untitled|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015679/1893-04-29/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=11&words=elected+Mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=10|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Indianapolis Journal|date=April 29, 1893|location=Indianapolis, Indiana|page=1}}{{Cite news |date=1894-03-15 |title=Article clipped from The Osage County Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-osage-county-chronicle/29628717/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |work=The Osage County Chronicle |pages=1}}

::Mrs. John Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas{{Cite news |date=May 26, 1893 |title=Kansas Notes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/487250580/?terms=mayor%20Wamego&match=1 |work=Washington Palladium |pages=1}}

1894

::Anna Austin, first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas{{cite news|title=A Woman Elected Mayor|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84029671/1894-01-19/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=17&words=Elected+Mayor+Woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=10|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Kinsley Graphic|date=January 19, 1894|location=Kinsley, Kansas|page=1}} [population approx., 1,500]{{cite news|title=A Woman Mayor; Mrs. Anne Austin, Leader of the Reform Movement, Is Elected|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84038125/1894-02-03/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=4&words=Elected+elected+MAYOR+mayor+WOMAN+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=11|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The New North-West|date=February 3, 1894|location=Deer Lodge, Michigan|page=2}}

1895

::Antoinette L. Haskell, first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Girvin |first=Ernest Alexander |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfdAAQAAMAAJ&dq=Antoinette+L.+Haskell+first+woman+mayor+Gaylord,+Kansas&pg=PA237 |title=Domestic Duels: Or, Evening Talks on the Woman Question. Conversations Relating to the Domestic, Social, Industrial, Historical and Political Phases of the Subject |date=1898 |publisher=E. D. Bronson & Company |language=en}}

1896

::C. A. Curtis, first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas{{cite news|title=The Kansas Election|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045604/1896-04-08/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=7&words=ELECTIONS+Mayor+Woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=14|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer|date=April 8, 1896|location=Seattle, Washington|page=1}}

::M. A. Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas

:::Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.{{cite news|title=All Women; The Entire City Government of Ellis is Women|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1896-04-10/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=9&words=Elected+Mayor+Woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=14|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Topeka State Journal|date=April 10, 1896|location=Topeka, Kansas|page=3}}

1897

::Anna Strain, first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas{{cite news |date=April 8, 1897 |title=From Kansas Towns |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1897-04-08/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=elected+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=15 |access-date=December 29, 2017 |work=The Topeka State Journal |location=Topeka, Kansas |page=3}}

1899

::Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas{{Cite book |last=Society |first=Kansas State Historical |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&dq=1899++Beattie,+Kansas++Elizabeth+Totten&pg=PA399 |title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society |date=1912 |language=en}}

=1900s=

1911

::Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas{{cite news|title=Woman Elected Mayor of Town|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1911-04-04/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=Elected+Mayor+Woman&proxdistance=10&state=&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+elected+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=24|access-date=December 30, 2017|work=The Tacoma Times|agency=United Press International|date=April 4, 1911|location=Tacoma, Washington|page=1}}

1913

::Mrs. H. C. Defenbaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas{{cite news|title=Woman Elected Mayor at Tyro|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=SRE19130411-01.2.69&srpos=2&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------0-|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Salida Record|date=April 11, 1913|location=Salida, Colorado|page=4}}

1917

::Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas{{cite news|title=Elect Woman Mayor; Valley Center Voters Also Chose a Feminine Police Judge|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1917-04-03/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=11&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=MAYOR+mayor+woman+WOMAN&proxdistance=5&state=Kansas&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=December 30, 2017|work=The Topeka State Journal|date=April 3, 1917|location=Topeka, Kansas|page=3}}

1920

::Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas

1933

::Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas{{Cite news |date=1933-04-04 |title=Clara Marie Emma Heiser, Mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hutchinson-news-clara-marie-emma-hei/2156511/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |work=The Hutchinson News |pages=1}}

1945

::Daisy Dean Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Netwon, Kansas{{cite web|url=https://hchm.org/tag/harvey-county-women/|title=Harvey County Women Archives|date=October 19, 2022 }}

1975

::Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas{{cite web|url=http://content.omaha.com/media/maps/online/mayormap.html|title=Map of mayors|website=content.omaha.com}}

1997

::Joan Wagnon, first woman elected of mayor of Topeka, Kansas{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0fVKDAAAQBAJ&q=Joan+Wagnon+elected+mayor+1997&pg=PA246|title=More Than Mayor Or Manager: Campaigns to Change Form of Government in America's Large Cities|first1=James H.|last1=Svara|first2=Douglas J.|last2=Watson|date=November 23, 2010|publisher=Georgetown University Press|via=Google Books|isbn=978-1589017092}}

2020

::Sarah J Boeh-Cerra, first woman mayor of Troy, Kansas{{Cite news|title=Sarah Boeh-Cerra First Female Mayor of Troy|date=February 26, 2020|work=The Kansas Chief Newspaper}}

Kentucky

1951

::Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky, Maysville Kentucky{{Cite book |last1=Tenkotte |first1=Paul A. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zc0eBgAAQBAJ&dq=Rebekah+H.+Hord+first+woman&pg=PA460 |title=The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky |last2=Claypool |first2=James C. |date=2014-10-17 |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |isbn=978-0-8131-5996-6 |language=en}}

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{{cite web|url=http://ccet.louisiana.edu/tourism/parishes/Central_Louisiana/lasalle-jstyle.html |title=LaSalle Parish |publisher=University of Louisiana at Lafayette| access-date=July 30, 2014}}

1925

::Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana and of Wilson, Louisiana{{cite web |url=http://www.louisianafolklife.org/quilts/features/cherry_tree.shtm |title=Louisiana folk life |publisher=Louisiana folk life |date=February 16, 1957 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224191814/http://www.louisianafolklife.org///quilts/features/cherry_tree.shtm |archive-date=February 24, 2012 }}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/elections/index.ssf/2017/11/latoya_cantrell_elected_new_or.html|title=LaToya Cantrell elected New Orleans' first female mayor|date=November 19, 2017 }}

Maine

1928

::Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor equivalent of Owls Head, Maine{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uiIbAAAAIBAJ&dq=1928&pg=PA10 |title=The Pittsburgh Press |publisher=The Pittsburgh Press |language=en}}

1946

::Helen C. Frost, first woman mayor of Portland, Maine{{Cite web |date=2019-12-02 |title=Inauguration of Portland mayor reflects historic shift in local, national politics |url=https://www.centralmaine.com/2019/12/02/inauguration-of-portland-mayor-reflects-historic-shift-in-local-national-politics/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel}}

Maryland

1974

::Jayne Harper Plank, first woman elected mayor of Kensington, Maryland{{Cite web |title=Jayne Plank Obituary (2023) - Washington, DC - The Washington Post |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/jayne-plank-obituary?id=48438058 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Legacy.com}}

1986

::Dani Duniho, first woman elected mayor of Laurel, Maryland{{Cite web |title=Ocala Star-Banner - Google News Archive Search |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bV5QAAAAIBAJ&pg=3077,2609365&authuser=0 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=news.google.com}}

1987

::Anna Owens, first woman elected mayor of College Park, Maryland{{Cite web |title=Remembering Mayor Anna Owens |url=https://www.collegeparkmd.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=429 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=City of College Park, Maryland |language=en}}

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{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=Hagerstown mayor resigns to take role in Gov. Moore's administration focusing on opioid crisis |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/maryland/hagerstown-mayor-resigns-step-new-role-gov-moores-administration/65-3f01f39d-3030-40cf-acfd-74d116613e27 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=wusa9.com |language=en-US}}

2021

::Mona Becker, first woman elected mayor of Westminster, Maryland{{Cite web |last=Griffith |first=Kristen |date=2021-05-12 |title='Things are changing': Mona Becker will be first female mayor of Westminster after beating Dennis Dillon |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2021/05/12/things-are-changing-mona-becker-will-be-first-female-mayor-of-westminster-after-beating-dennis-dillon/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}

::Stacy Link, first woman elected mayor of Sykesville, Maryland{{Cite web |last=Blubaugh |first=Bob |date=2021-05-05 |title=Stacy Link elected as Sykesville's first female mayor |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2021/05/05/stacy-link-elected-as-sykesvilles-first-female-mayor/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Baltimore Sun |language=en-US}}

Massachusetts

1939

::Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts{{cite web|url=http://www.westath.org/archives/Burke.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302065455/http://www.westath.org/archives/Burke.htm|archive-date=March 2, 2012|title=Westfield Athenaeum Library: Archives-Burke}}

1955

::Beatrice Corliss, first woman elected mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).{{cite news|last1=King|first1=Mary Sarah|title=She Went From Raspberry Patch to Beacon Hill|work=The Boston Daily Globe|date=March 20, 1960}}

1964

::Ellen A. Sampson, first woman elected mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).{{cite news|title=Lowell's Mrs. Sampson Its First Woman Mayor|work=The Boston Globe|date=January 7, 1964}}

1972

::Barbara Ackermann, first woman elected mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council).{{cite news|author=Sullivan, Coleman|title=Cambridge council elects first woman mayor, 54|work=The Boston Globe|date=January 4, 1972}}

1982

::Sara Robertson, first woman elected mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council){{cite news|author=Kotsopoulos, Nick|title=134-year male bastion shattered; Sara Robertson portrait another City Hall first|work=Telegram & Gazette|date=December 29, 1994}}

::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).{{cite news|author=Kotsopoulos, Nick|title=CLARIFICATION: First female mayor|work=South Coast Today|date=September 21, 2010|url=http://www.southcoasttoday.com/article/20100921/news/9210338|access-date=April 26, 2018}}

1983

::Brenda Reed, first woman elected mayor of Attleboro, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Negri, Gloria|title=Woman Mayor: It's a New Day|work=The Boston Globe|date=November 10, 1983}}

1986

::Marilyn Porreca, first woman elected mayor of Medford, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government, elected by city council){{cite news|title=Flynn loses on home turf but wins Hub reelection|newspaper=Providence Journal|date=November 4, 1987}}

1987

::Anne Wojtkowski, first woman elected mayor of Pittsfield, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author1=Therrien, Jim|author2=Dick, Lindsay|title=Anne Wojtkowski dies; engineer, educator and Pittsfield's first woman mayor|work=The Berkshire Eagle|date=October 13, 2014}}

1989

::Mary Hurley, first woman elected mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Springfield Elects 1st First Woman Mayor|work=The Boston Globe|date=April 26, 1989}}

1991

::Mary Ford, first woman elected mayor of Northampton, Massachusetts.{{cite web|title=Northampton Mayors|work=Historical Northampton|url=http://www.historic-northampton.org/highlights/mayors.html|access-date=April 26, 2018}}

1992

::Rosemary S. Tierney, first woman elected mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts.

1993

::Mary Claire Kennedy, first woman mayor of Lawrence, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Dabilis, Andy|title=Kennedy: LeFebre's challenge unfortunate|work=The Boston Globe|date=November 28, 1993}}

::Lisa L. Mead, first woman elected mayor of Newburyport, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Dabilis, Andy|title=Women seize at least 2 top city posts|work=The Boston Globe|date=November 3, 1993}}

1997

::Mary H. Whitney, first woman elected mayor of Fitchburg, Massachusetts.{{cite book|title=Legendary Locals of Fitchburg|date=1940|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U5aiAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA42|access-date=April 27, 2018|isbn=9781467101103}}

1999

::Dorothy Kelly Gay, first woman mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Heaney, Joe|title=Kelly Gay elected Somerville's first female mayor|work=Boston Herald|date=May 12, 1999}}

::Sharon Pollard, first woman elected mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts.

2002

::Christine Forgey, first woman elected mayor of Greenfield, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.smith.edu/news-stories/2002/ChrisForgey.html | title=Smith College: News }}

2003

::Jeannette A. McCarthy, first woman elected mayor of Waltham, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Sweeney, Emily|title=A Day in the New Mayor's Life: McCarthy Handles a Hectic Schedule - All Over the City|work=The Boston Globe|date=March 11, 2004}}

2005

::Kim Driscoll, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Massachusetts{{cite web |author=City of Salem, MA |url=http://www.salem.com/Pages/SalemMA_Council/bio |title=Salem.com |publisher=Salem.com |date=September 8, 2008 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115090306/http://www.salem.com/Pages/SalemMA_Council/bio |archive-date=November 15, 2013 }}

::Nancy E. Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Marlborough, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Foskett, Steven H Jr.|title=Mayor blazes her own trail|work=Telegram & Gazette|date=January 3, 2005}}

2007

::Susan M. Kay, first woman elected mayor of Weymouth, Massachusetts{{cite web|url=http://www.weymouth.ma.us/mayor/index.asp|title=Weymouth mayoral site|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221120035/http://www.weymouth.ma.us/mayor/index.asp|archive-date=December 21, 2008}}

::Konstantina Lukes, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (weak-mayor government)

::Carolyn Kirk, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Rosenberg, Steven|title=Tough talk, tough times: Taking control of a city beset by money problems, Gloucester's new mayor is asking the hard questions|work=The Boston Globe|date=January 17, 2008}}

2009

::Linda Balzotti, first woman elected mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Minorities make history in Mass. mayor races|work=The Berkshire Eagle|date=November 4, 2009}}

::Judith Flanagan Kennedy, first woman elected mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts.http://www.itemlive.com/articles/2009/11/04/news/news01.txt {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

::Elaine A. Pluta, first woman elected mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts.{{cite news|author=Plaisance, Mike|title=Holyoke's first female mayor, Elaine Pluta, said city's 'best days lie ahead of us' during inaugural address|work=The Republican|date=January 4, 2010|url=http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/holyokes_first_female_mayor_el.html|access-date=April 26, 2018}}

2014

::Karen L. Cadieux, first woman elected mayor of Easthampton, Massachusetts{{cite web | url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Archives/2013/12/ehswearingin-hg-010314 | title=Daily Hampshire Gazette }}

2016

::Stephanie Muccini Burke, first popularly-elected woman mayor of Medford, Massachusetts.

2017

::Ruthanne Fuller, first woman elected mayor of Newton, Massachusetts{{cite web|url=http://www.wcvb.com/article/voters-elect-newtons-first-woman-mayor/13449344|title=Voters elect Newton's first woman mayor|date=November 8, 2017}}

::Yvonne Spicer, first woman elected mayor of Framingham, Massachusetts. Also the first mayor of Framingham and the first African-American woman mayor in Massachusetts.{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/11/07/framingham-new-mayor-for-new-city/EyJrBQm2VjRGOmuLtxSNTM/story.html|title=In Framingham, a new mayor for a new city |website=The Boston Globe}}

2018

::Gail Infurna, first woman to serve as mayor of Melrose, Massachusetts (elected by city council to finish term of Robert J. Dolan).{{cite news|author=Laidler, John|title=Infurna will become first female mayor of Melrose|work=The Boston Globe (Online)|date=January 8, 2018}}

2019

::Kassandra Gove, first woman elected mayor of Amesbury, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.wickedlocal.com/story/record-citizen/2019/12/10/amesbury-to-have-its-youngest/2116134007/ | title=Amesbury to have its youngest and first woman mayor }}

::Shaunna O'Connell, first woman elected mayor of Taunton, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.abc6.com/taunton-makes-history-with-first-female-mayor/ | title=Taunton makes history with first female mayor | date=January 7, 2020 }}

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).{{Cite web|date=March 22, 2021|title=Kim Janey 'thrilled' to become Boston's first Black, first female mayor|url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/cityline-city-councilor-kim-janey-set-to-become-first-black-first-female-mayor-of-boston/35894990|access-date=March 22, 2021|website=WCVB|language=en}}

::Michelle Wu, first woman elected mayor of Boston.{{cite news |last1=Slater |first1=Joanna |last2=Suliman |first2=Adela |title=Michelle Wu is first person of color and woman to be elected Boston mayor |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/03/michelle-wu-boston-mayoral-first/ |access-date=November 3, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=November 3, 2021}}

2022

::Jennifer Macksey, the first woman elected mayor in North Adams, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/macksey-delivers-inaugural-address-sworn-in-as-first-woman-mayor-of-north-adams/article_549a1ac6-6b2c-11ec-9ade-57cd34a4bcf3.html | title=Jennifer Macksey outlines her goals as North Adams' first woman mayor | date=January 2022 }}

2023

::Melinda Barrett, the first woman elected mayor in Haverhill, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://whav.net/2023/11/08/barrett-becomes-haverhills-first-woman-mayor-election-brings-new-faces-at-all-levels/ | title=Barrett Becomes Haverhill's First Woman Elected Mayor; Election Brings New Faces at all Levels | date=November 2023 }}

::Erin Joyce, the first woman elected mayor in Braintree, Massachusetts.{{cite web | url=https://www.patriotledger.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/09/braintree-mayor-elect-erin-joyce-has-little-time-to-savor-election-win-ma-kokoros-women-youngest/71471097007/ | title=Braintree elects its first female mayor: 'Definitely a historic first,' Erin Joyce says | date=November 2023 }}

Michigan

1948

:: Mildred B. Stark, first woman mayor of East Detroit, Michigan from 1948-53,{{Cite web |last=mvandebu@mlive.com |first=Matt Vande Bunte {{!}} |date=2015-11-17 |title=3 Michigan cities elect first female mayors; here are 9 more with women in charge |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/11/michigan_mayors_women_flint_gr.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=mlive |language=en}} 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{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=2005++Saginaw,+Michigan++Carol+B.+Cottrell+first+woman&pg=SL11-PA254 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

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{{cite web |url=http://discovery.mnhs.org/MN150/index.php?title=Lillian_Cox_Gault |title=Minnesota Historical society |publisher=Discovery.mnhs.org |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323090940/http://discovery.mnhs.org/MN150/index.php?title=Lillian_Cox_Gault |archive-date=March 23, 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/893466/lillian_cox_gault_mayor_of_st_peter/|title=Lillian Cox Gault Mayor of St. Peter|work=Newspapers.com|date=October 5, 1921|page=6|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

1921

::Florence J. Pierce, the first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor of Minnesota Town Has Many Duties|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84024315/1921-05-02/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=01%2F01%2F&sort=relevance&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&index=1&words=MAYOR+mayor+woman+WOMAN&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=4|access-date=January 5, 2018|work=The Republican-Journal|date=May 2, 1921|location=Ogdensburg, New York|page=3}}

::Ida Sparks Clarke, the first woman appointed mayor of Cokato, Minnesota.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Cq0JODUCtdcC&dq=Ida+Sparks+Clarke+Cokato&pg=RA20-PA8 |title=Woman's Journal |date=1921 |publisher=IPC Magazines |language=en}} She was reelected in 1922.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7OtQAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ida+Sparks+Clarke+Cokato&pg=PA57 |title=Who's who Among Minnesota Women: A History of Woman's Work in Minnesota from Pioneer Days to Date |date=1924 |language=en}}

1925

::Elizabeth Ries, first woman elected mayor of Shakopee, Minnesota"Woman Mayor of Shakopee Heads WCCO Program," Minneapolis Sunday Tribune, January 17, 1926, p. 30.

1935

::Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota{{Cite news |last=Humanities |first=National Endowment for the |date=1935-11-08 |title=Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, November 08, 1935, Image 34 |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1935-11-08/ed-1/seq-34/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |pages=B |issn=2331-9968}}

1949

::Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota{{Cite web |title=Madera Tribune 10 May 1951 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19510510.2.94&srpos=1&e=------195-en--20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------1 |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.northfieldnews.com/news.php?viewStory=46483 |title=Northfield News |publisher=Northfield News |access-date=April 29, 2013}}

2013

::Del Rae Williams, first woman elected mayor of Moorhead, Minnesota{{Cite web |url=http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/23889839/williams-elected-mayor-of-moorhead |title=Williams Elected Mayor of Moorhead - Valley News Live - KVLY/KXJB - Fargo/Grand Forks |access-date=July 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110152722/http://www.valleynewslive.com/story/23889839/williams-elected-mayor-of-moorhead |archive-date=November 10, 2013 |url-status=dead }}

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{{cite book|last=Crawford |first=Dorothy P. |title=Stay with It, Van: From the Diary of Mississippi's First Lady Mayor |location=New York |publisher=Exposition Press |year=1958 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OONxhdeDBj8C | oclc=3050922 | via=Google Books }}

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[http://www.meridianms.org/index.htm City of Meridian, Mississippi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090317071753/http://meridianms.org/index.htm |date=March 17, 2009 }} website

2017

::Lynn Spruill, first woman elected mayor of Starkville, MS.{{Cite web|url=https://starkvilledailynews.com/content/spruill-shatters-starkvilles-glass-ceiling|title=Spruill shatters Starkville's glass ceiling {{!}} Starkville Daily News|website=starkvilledailynews.com|access-date=July 4, 2017}}

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{{Cite web |last=Society |first=Doug Berlin Phelps County Genealogical |date=2024-01-09 |title=A LOOK BACK: Mayme Hanrahan Ousley—Missouri's First Woman Mayor |url=https://www.phelpscountyfocus.com/the_focus_insider/article_e6f1f856-abd7-11ee-9bc1-6f94ec78bc6e.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=phelpscountyfocus.com |language=en}}

1924

::Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri{{cite news|title=Elected Mayor of Stoutville|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031732/1924-05-07/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=0&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=4|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Westfield Republican|date=May 7, 1924|location=Westfield, New York|page=6}}

1930

::Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cAldAAAAIBAJ&dq=1930&pg=PA4 |title=St. Joseph Gazette |publisher=St. Joseph Gazette |language=en}}

1936

::Edith Pearce, first woman elected mayor of Greentop, Missouri

1977

::[https://mylillianherman.blogspot.com/2019/09/pictures-of-aunt-lillian-herman-mayor.html Lillian Herman], first woman mayor of Hannibal, Missouri

1982

::Barbara Potts, first woman elected mayor of Independence, Missouri{{cite web|url=https://www.examiner.net/article/20091203/NEWS/312039737|title=Barbara Potts: Independence's first female mayor powered by community concern|date=December 3, 2012|work=Independence Examiner}}

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{{Cite web |date=2020-10-19 |title=The Ekalaka Eagle (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1923-current, April 08, 1932, Page 1, Image 1 - |url=http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053092/1932-04-08/ed-1/seq-1/ocr/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019202146/http://montananewspapers.org/lccn/sn85053092/1932-04-08/ed-1/seq-1/ocr/ |archive-date=October 19, 2020 }}

1936

::Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana{{Cite web |title=San Bernardino Sun 10 April 1936 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19360410.1.2&srpos=43&e=------193-en--20--41--txt-txIN-%22woman+mayor%22-------1 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

::Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=er5lAAAAIBAJ&dq=1936&pg=PA6 |title=Glacier County Chief |publisher=Glacier County Chief |language=en}}

1947

::Juliet Gregory, first woman mayor of Missoula, Montana{{Cite web |last=Current |first=Missoula|date=2024-01-08 |title=Histories: Meet Juliet Gregory, Missoula's 1st female mayor |url=https://missoulacurrent.com/missoula-female-mayor/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The Missoula Current News - Daily News in Missoula Montana |language=en}}

1963

::Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana{{Cite web |date=2018-01-14 |title=Female Mayors of Great Falls remembered for bettering community - KRTV News in Great Falls, Montana |url=http://www.krtv.com/story/31594487/female-mayors-of-great-falls-remembered-for-bettering-community |access-date=2024-04-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114074226/http://www.krtv.com/story/31594487/female-mayors-of-great-falls-remembered-for-bettering-community |archive-date=January 14, 2018 }}

Nebraska

1921

::Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska{{cite news|title=Woman to be Mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska|url=https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/cgi-bin/colorado?a=d&d=THD19210408-01.2.22&srpos=20&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------0-#|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Herald Democrat|date=April 8, 1921|location=Leadville, Colorado|page=2}}

::Ella Jacobson, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Nebraska{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vMdOAQAAMAAJ&dq=Ella+Jacobson+mayor&pg=RA20-PP15 |title=The Woman Citizen |date=1921 |publisher=Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission |language=en}}

1975

::Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska{{RP|238, 239}}

2006

::Margaret Hornady, first woman elected mayor of Grand Island, Nebraska{{cite web|url=https://www.theindependent.com/news/grand-island-elects-first-female-mayor/article_0a065b15-e138-5f8e-a043-9aa63ac76e8d.html|title=Grand Island elects first female mayor|date=November 8, 2006|work=Grand Island Independent}}

2013

::Jean Stothert, first woman elected mayor of Omaha, Nebraska

Nevada

1954

::Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada{{Cite web |title=Legendary Nevadans Part III: This One's for the Ladies |url=https://travelnevada.com/history-heritage/legendary-nevadans-part-iii-ladies/}}

1985

::Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada{{cite news|first=Doug|last=McMurdo|title=Former Henderson mayor Lorna Kesterson dies at 86 |url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/former-henderson-mayor-lorna-kesterson-dies-at-86-137520798.html |work=Las Vegas Review-Journal |date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2012}}

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{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1928&dat=19450102&id=aJcgAAAAIBAJ&pg=4055,127718|title=The Lewiston Daily Sun – Google News Archive Search|access-date=March 15, 2015}}{{cite news|first=Elizabeth|last=Dinan |title=Beloved Portsmouth Mayor Eileen Dondero Foley dies at 97 |url=http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229803 |work=Seacoastonline.com |date=February 22, 2016 |access-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223121606/http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20160222/NEWS/160229803 |archive-date=February 23, 2016 |url-status=live}}

2007

::Donnalee Lozeau, first woman elected mayor of Nashua, New Hampshire{{cite web|url=http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071107%2FNEWS01%2F311070106%2F-1%2Fnews0102|title=Nashuatelegraph.com: Lozeau makes history: Becomes city's first female mayor|date=January 10, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110102657/http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20071107%2FNEWS01%2F311070106%2F-1%2Fnews0102|archive-date=January 10, 2008}}

2015

::Caroline McCarley, first woman elected mayor of Rochester, New Hampshire

2017

::Joyce Craig first woman elected mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/Keno-Gambling-Up-for-Vote-in-10-New-Hampshire-Cities-455788863.html|title=Craig Beats Gatsas to Win Manchester, NH Mayoral Race|date=November 7, 2017 }}{{cite news|last1=Paige|first1=Sutherland|title=Joyce Craig Becomes Manchester's First Elected Female Mayor|url=http://nhpr.org/post/joyce-craig-becomes-manchesters-first-elected-female-mayor|access-date=January 9, 2018|work=New Hampshire Public Radio|date=November 8, 2017}}

New Jersey

1925

::Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey;{{cite web|url =https://cawp.rutgers.edu/milestones-women-new-jersey-politics |title =Miestones for Women in New Jersey Politics|publisher = CAWP}} 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[https://www.nytimes.com/1931/05/14/archives/widow-72-succeeds-weehawken-mayor-trades-broom-for-gavel-for-good.html "Widow, 72, Succeeds Weehawken Mayor"], The New York Times, May 14, 1931. Accessed November 14, 2019. "Mrs. Clara E. Grauert, 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert, who at the time of his death on April 20. had completed twenty-one years as Mayor of Weehawken, N. J., was sworn in last night at the Weehawken City Hall as her husband's successor."

1933

::Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey{{Cite news |date=1933-08-23 |title=News Journal Wilmington Del 23 Aug 1933 Wildwood Has Its First Woman Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-journal-news-journal-wilmington/15570801/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |work=The News Journal |pages=9}}

1943

::Edith May Greenan, first woman mayor of Avalon, New Jersey{{Cite news |date=May 19, 1943 |title=Woman Elected Mayor Of Avalon Borough |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/918813306/?terms=Edith%20May%20Greenan%20Avalon%20New%20Jersey%20mayor%20elected&match=1 |work=Press of Atlantic City |pages=2}}

1950

::Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey{{Cite web |last=Ward |first=John T. |date=2011-09-27 |title=RESIDENT STUMPS FOR SLIGHTED MAYOR |url=https://www.redbankgreen.com/2011/09/resident-stumps-for-slighted-mayor/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Red Bank Green |language=en-US}}

1951

::Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey{{cite news|title=She's Operator, Mayor Too|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn84031741/1951-05-11/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=1&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+Mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=4|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Essex County Republican|date=May 11, 1951|location=Keeseville, New York|page=10}}

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{{Cite web |last=Wildstein |first=David |date=2020-03-16 |title=Pat Sheehan endorses Schmid for Congress |url=https://newjerseyglobe.com/congress/pat-sheehan-endorses-schmid-for-congress/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=New Jersey Globe |language=en-US}}

1972

::Doris Mahalick, first woman elected mayor of Wallington and first in Bergen County{{cite web | url=https://eu.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2022/03/21/doris-mahalick-bergen-county-nj-first-woman-mayor/7075986001/ | title=Doris Mahalick shattered Bergen County's political glass ceiling. Others have followed }}

1973

::Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey

1974

::Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey{{cite news |title=Eleanor Kieliszek Makes History as First Woman Mayor |url=http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/mayors/kieliszek/kieliszek.html |work=Teaneck News |publisher=Teaneck Public Library |date=July 12, 1974 |access-date=June 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001031421/http://www.teaneck.org/virtualvillage/mayors/kieliszek/kieliszek.html |archive-date=October 1, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

1977

::Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey{{cite news|first=Jim|last=Nolan |title=Former Cherry Hill Mayor Killed In Crash |url=http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-12/news/25712869_1_greenwald-freeholder-board-fatal-crash |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131202181549/http://articles.philly.com/1995-01-12/news/25712869_1_greenwald-freeholder-board-fatal-crash |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2013 |work=Philadelphia Daily News |date=January 12, 1995 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

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{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/07/realestate/if-youre-thinking-of-living-in-madison.html | title=If You're Thinking of Living in:; MADISON | work=The New York Times | date=June 7, 1987 | last1=Garbarine | first1=Rachelle }}

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{{cite news|first=Maxim|last=Almenas|title=Edgewater Mayor Nancy Merse dies |url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/118105084_Franz__Sudden_passing_a__shock_.html?mobile=1 |work=Edgewater View |publisher=NorthJersey.com |date=March 16, 2011 |access-date=December 2, 2013}}

2008

::Wilda Diaz, first woman elected Mayor of Perth Amboy, New Jersey{{cite news|newspaper=Quo Vadis Newspaper|url=http://www.quovadisnewspaper.com/news/view.php/80678/NJ-Welcomes-First-Latina-Mayor|date=August 28, 2008|first=Paul|last=Lazaro|title=NJ Welcomes First Latina Mayor|access-date=July 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165523/http://www.quovadisnewspaper.com/news/view.php/80678/NJ-Welcomes-First-Latina-Mayor|archive-date=January 11, 2018|url-status=dead}}

2009

::Dawn Zimmer, first woman elected mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey{{Cite web |date=2017-06-20 |title=Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer: I Won't Run For Another Term |url=https://patch.com/new-jersey/hoboken/hoboken-mayor-dawn-zimmer-i-won-t-run-another-term |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Hoboken, NJ Patch |language=en}}

2013

::Stacey Jordan, first woman elected mayor of Moorestown, New Jersey{{cite web|url=http://www.moorestownsun.com/2013/01/08/first-female-mayor-in-moorestown/|title=First female mayor in Moorestown|work=The Moorestown Sun|date=January 9, 2013|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

2014

::Tana Raymond, first woman elected mayor of Garfield, New Jersey{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/garfield-names-its-first-woman-mayor-amid-continuing-council-battles-1.1044307|title=Garfield names its first woman mayor amid continuing council battles|author=MATTHEW MCGRATH|work=NorthJersey.com|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

2015

::Christine Dansereau, first woman elected mayor of Roselle, New Jerseyroselle_gets_first_woman_mayor_started_as_activist.html{{cite web|url=http://politickernj.com/2015/03/dansereau-sworn-in-as-first-woman-mayor-of-roselle/|title=Dansereau sworn in as first woman mayor of Roselle|author=Max Pizarro|work=New Jersey News, Politics, Opinion, and Analysis|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

:: 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{{cite news |title=Petticoat Rule Is Fact in Missouri, New Mexico Towns |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25597772/petticoat_rule_is_fact_in_missouri_new/ |access-date=November 21, 2018 |work=Billings Gazette |date=April 8, 1936 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121221059/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25597772/petticoat_rule_is_fact_in_missouri_new/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |location=Billings, Montana |page=1|via=newspapers.com}}

1982

:: Consuelo Salazar-Thompson, first woman mayor of Espanola, New Mexico

1994

::Debbie Jaramillo, first woman mayor of Santa Fe, New Mexico

New York

1919

Justine de Peyster Martin was drafted to run (unopposed) and was elected mayor of the village of Tivoli, New York.

1929

::Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York{{cite news|title=Untitled|work=Plattsburgh Daily Press|agency=Associated Press|location=Plattsburgh, New York|page=1}}

:::Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office{{cite news|title=Elected Mayor, She Refuses to Occupy the Post|work=Plattsburgh Daily Republican|agency=United Press|date=April 13, 1929|location=Plattsburgh, New York|page=1}}

1937

::Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York

:::also the first woman mayor in New York{{cite news|title=Mural dedicated in Clyde to state's first female mayor|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00140004/2011-05-08/ed-1/seq-21/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=1&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Times of Wayne County|date=May 8, 2011|location=Macedon, New York|page=21}}

1945

::Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York{{cite news|title=Whitney Point, Leslie Villages|work=Endicott Daily Bulletin|date=March 19, 1947|location=Endicott, New York|page=5}}

1949

::Edith P. Welty, first woman Mayor of Yonkers, New York{{cite news|title=Crusading Woman is Yonkers Mayor|work=Ogdensburg Journal|agency=Associated Press|date=September 13, 1949|location=Ogdensburg, New York|page=1}}

1955

::Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York{{cite news|last1=Jeffords|first1=Norm|title="Hod Dog Jennine" Sits out Election, Will Run Again if She Finds Opponent|work=Island Dispatch|date=October 18, 1956|location=Grand Island, New York|page=1}}

1957

::Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York{{Cite web |title=Madera Tribune 21 August 1957 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=MT19570821.2.50&srpos=20&e=------195-en--20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------1 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

::Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York{{cite news|title=Highlights of 1957|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn90066145/1958-01-02/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=9&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Sag Harbor Express|date=January 2, 1958|location=Sag Harbor, New York|page=1}}

::Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York{{cite news|title=Westchester's First Woman Mayor Takes Post Monday|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83008557/1957-03-31/ed-1/seq-10/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=12&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=First+first+Mayor+mayor+woman+Woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Patent Trader|date=March 31, 1957|location=Mt. Kisco, New York|page=10}}

1973

::Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York{{cite news|title=Cold Springs gets lady mayor; Voting in three villages|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83008557/1973-03-22/ed-1/seq-46/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=3&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+MAYOR+mayor+mayoral+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Patent Trader|date=March 22, 1973|location=Mount Kisco, New York|page=46}}

1974

::Mimi Bryan, first woman elected mayor of Piermont, New York{{cite news|title=Piermont to elect area's 1st woman mayor|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/163171645/?clipping_id=9162816&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjE2MzE3MTY0NSwiaWF0IjoxNjc1NjYxODA1LCJleHAiOjE2NzU3NDgyMDV9.AstYzx9YhDUhsPhMRXaLtEpLKoqdEnZy7w4qbQ8TI-o|access-date=February 6, 2023|work=The Journal News|date=February 21, 1974|location=White Plains, New York|page=1}}

::Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York{{cite news|title=Monticello voters elect first woman mayoir|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1974-03-21/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=2&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=4|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Press-Republican|agency=Associated Press|date=March 21, 1974|location=Plattsburgh, New York|page=2}}

1975

::Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York{{cite news|title=Ruth Blankman Canton's First Woman Mayor|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/np00010002/1975-03-20/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=13&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+Mayor+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Hill News|date=March 20, 1975|location=Canton, New York|page=7}}

::Eleanor A. Simpson, first woman elected mayor in Old Westbury, New York

:::also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York{{cite news|last1=Fischler|first1=Marcelle S.|title=Remembering Lives Fully Lived|work=The New York Times|date=December 29, 2002|location=New York City|page=L1}}

1977

::Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York{{cite news|last1=Keegan|first1=Patricia|title=A Hometown Challenger for Oppenheimer|work=The New York Times|date=July 22, 1990|location=New York City}}

1979

::Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York{{cite news|last1=Bergin|first1=Tom|title=Ti gains first woman mayor in surprise victory|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1979-03-22/ed-1/seq-18/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=12&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Press-Republican|date=March 22, 1979|location=Plattsburgh, New York|page=18}}

1981

::Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York{{cite news|title=Binghamton got its first woman mayor |url=http://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/11/04/Binghamton-got-its-first-woman-mayor-when-Democrat-Juanita/7798373698000/ |work=United Press International |date=November 4, 1981 |access-date=July 18, 2016}}

1984

::Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York{{cite news|title=A Talk With Schenectady's Mayor|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn96027707/1984-03-01/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=0&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+Mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=2|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=The Concordiensis|date=March 1, 1984|location=Schenectady, New York|page=5}}

1987

::Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York{{cite news|last1=Jarobe|first1=Robin|title=VFW #6338 to present Good Citizen Award to former mayor Laura Slate|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn92061434/2006-10-05/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=8&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Gouverneur Tribune-Press|date=October 5, 2006|location=Gouverneur, New York|page=5}}

1993

::Shirley Seney, first woman mayor of Lake Placid, New York{{cite news|title=Shirley Seney, politician for Lake Placid's 'little guy,' dies at 83|url=http://www.lakeplacidnews.com/page/content.detail/id/524017/Shirley-Seney--politician-for-Lake-Placid-s--little-guy---dies-at-83.html?nav=5005|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Lake Placid News|date=September 9, 2015|location=Lake Placid, New York}}

1995

::Christine Korff, first woman elected mayor of Port Chester, New York{{cite news|last1=Singer|first1=Penny|title=Port Chester Is Upbeat About Its Future|work=The New York Times|date=December 3, 1995|location=New York City}}

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{{cite news|title=Strader, Peets, Clement win|url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn86033360/2001-03-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=19&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Adirondack Daily Enterprise|date=March 21, 2001|location=Saranac Lake, New York|page=1|last=Fox|first=Kelly}}

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{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklandtimes.com/2013/11/06/rocklands-new-day-republican-ed-day-wins-county-executive-race-incumbents-command-local-elections/|title=Rockland's New Day: Republican Ed Day wins County Executive race, Incumbents command local elections|work=The Rockland County Times|date=November 6, 2013|access-date=March 15, 2015}}

::Ashley Hennings, first woman elected mayor of Newport, New York{{cite web |last=Fries |first=Amanda |url=http://www.uticaod.com/news/x171165879/Mayor-elect-has-big-plans-for-Newport |title=Utica Observer-Dispatch |publisher=Uticaod.com |date=March 23, 2013 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412024827/http://www.uticaod.com/news/x171165879/Mayor-elect-has-big-plans-for-Newport |archive-date=April 12, 2013 }}

::Kathy Sheehan, first woman elected mayor of Albany, New York{{cite web|url=http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/elections/voters-give-albany-citys-first-female-mayor-20131105|title=Voters give Albany city's first female mayor|date=November 5, 2013}}

::Lovely Warren, first woman elected mayor, and first African-American woman mayor of Rochester, New York[http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/2013/11/05/rochester-mayors-election-sure-to-be-historic-/3447069/ Warren wins Rochester mayor's office] website

North Carolina

1922

::Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina{{cite news|title=Another Woman Mayor|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn88086023/1922-02-01/ed-1/seq-5/#index=12&rows=20&words=MAYOR+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=9|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=East Oregonian|date=February 1, 1922|location=Pendleton, Oregon|page=5}}

1923

::Katherine Staton of New London, first Female mayor in North Carolina and first female elected to municipal government in NC.{{Cite web |author=Staff Reports |date=2021-03-08 |title=PEEKING INTO THE PAST - The first female mayor in North Carolina was from Stanly County |url=https://www.thesnaponline.com/2021/03/08/peeking-into-the-past-the-first-female-mayor-in-north-carolina-was-from-stanly-county/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The Stanly News & Press |language=en}}

1924

::Katherine Mayo Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina{{cite news|title=Wilmington Has Woman Mayor|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn91068507/1924-09-25/ed-1/seq-8/#index=9&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=mayor+woman&page=1|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=The Mount Airy News|date=September 25, 1924|page=8}}{{cite news |last1=Ingram |first1=Hunter |title=Cape Fear Unearthed: Wilmington's Trailblazing Women |url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/news/20200312/cape-fear-unearthed-wilmingtonrsquos-trailblazing-women |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=Wilmington Star News |date=March 12, 2020}}

1925

::Annie Koonce Jenkins, first woman mayor of Maysville, North Carolina{{cite web | url=https://www.ourstate.com/a-milestone-for-women-mayors-and-north-carolina/ | title=A Milestone for Women, Mayors, and North Carolina | date=November 4, 2015 }}

1928

::Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman mayor of Kenilworth until annexation into Asheville, North Carolina{{Cite web |last=Edwards |first=Christy |date=2022-03-22 |title=Celebrating Women's History Month - Asheville Parks & Recreation facilities remember local historic women, Part 2 |url=https://www.ashevillenc.gov/news/celebrating-womens-history-month-asheville-parks-recreation-facilities-remember-local-historic-women-part-2/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The City of Asheville |language=en-US}}

1954

::Evelyn Kent, first woman elected Mayor of Granite Falls, North CarolinaCite McCall, M. (1999). Etched in granite: The history of Granite Falls, North Carolina.

1975

::Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina{{cite news|first=Chick|last=Jacobs|title=Former mayor Beth Dail Finch recalled as 'gentle,' 'strong' |url=http://fayobserver.com/articles/2012/12/28/1226746 |work=Fayetteville Observer |date=December 28, 2012 |access-date=January 8, 2013}}

:: Ruth West, first woman mayor of Carrboro, North Carolina{{Cite web |url=https://www.townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/8819/2021-Womens-History-Month |title=Women's History Month |access-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302012036/https://www.townofcarrboro.org/DocumentCenter/View/8819/2021-Womens-History-Month |url-status=dead }}

1977

::Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina{{RP|238}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/101041/ |title=WRAL |publisher=WRAL |date=February 14, 2002 |access-date=April 29, 2013}}

1981

::Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina{{cite news|title=First woman mayor|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92074087/1981-12-10/ed-1/seq-4/#index=8&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=MAYOR+mayor+woman+WOMAN&page=1|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=The News-Record|date=December 10, 1981|location=Marshall, North Carolina|page=4}}

1985

::Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina{{cite news|first=Eddie |last=Fitzgerald |title=Ella Bengel, New Bern's first woman mayor, dies |url=http://www.newbernsj.com/news/local/bengel-new-bern-s-first-woman-mayor-dies-1.70156 |work=Sun Journal (New Bern) |date=December 26, 2012 |access-date=January 9, 2013}}

1987

::Sue Myrick, first woman elected Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina{{cite news|title=US House of Representatives biography of Sue Myrick|url=https://history.house.gov/People/Detail/18745#biography|access-date=March 8, 2021}}

1989

::Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina{{cite news|title=Wood Elected, Winston-Salem's First Woman Mayor|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2015236574/1989-12-01/ed-1/seq-1/#index=5&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=Mayor+Woman&page=1|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=The News Argus|date=December 1, 1989|location=Winston-Salem, North Carolina|page=1}}

1991

::Mary Kanyha, first woman mayor of Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina{{cite news|title=First woman mayor elected|url=http://newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/2015236904/1991-12-01/ed-1/seq-1/#index=0&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=MAYOR+Mayor+woman+WOMAN&page=1|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=The Shore Line|date=December 1, 1991|location=Pine Knoll, North Carolina|page=1}}

1993

::Carolyn Allen first woman elected mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina{{cite web|url=https://www.greensboro.com/allen-takes-the-helm-as-greensboro-mayor/article_5509de0f-c06c-5fc4-9b0e-673304291514.html|title=ALLEN TAKES THE HELM AS GREENSBORO MAYOR View|last=Barstow|first=Thomas|date=December 2, 1993 |publisher=News and Record}}

::Sylvia Kerckhoff, first woman elected Mayor of Durham, North Carolina

1995

::Rosemary Waldorf, first woman elected Mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina{{cite news|title=Chapel Hill Mayor Says She Will Not Seek Fourth Term |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article22795014.html |work=WRAL-TV |date=June 26, 2001 |access-date=June 14, 2015}}

1999

::Jennifer Stultz, first woman elected mayor of Gastonia, North Carolina

2002

::Jeanne Milliken Bonds, first woman elected mayor of Knightdale, North Carolina{{cite web | url=https://aces.kenaninstitute.unc.edu/people/jeanne-milliken-bonds/ | title=Jeanne Milliken Bonds }}

2017

::Marla Thompson first woman elected mayor of Long View, North Carolina{{cite web|url=http://www.hickoryrecord.com/news/thompson-tops-moyer-by-votes-to-become-st-woman-mayor/article_141e6d2e-c439-11e7-9908-4b5ac77d68c6.html|title=Thompson tops Moyer by 6 votes to become 1st woman mayor in Long View|last=Hensley|first=Jordan|date=November 8, 2017 |publisher=Hickory Record}}

North Dakota

1946

::Agnes Geelan, first woman elected Mayor of Enderlin, North Dakota{{Cite web |date=2012-06-11 |title=Women take charge: Enderlin home to female political trailblazers |url=https://www.inforum.com/lifestyle/women-take-charge-enderlin-home-to-female-political-trailblazers |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=InForum |language=en}}

1982

::Mona Marchus, first woman elected Mayor of Bottineau, North Dakota

Ohio

1921:

:Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Amy_A._Kaukonen |title=Ohio History Central |website=www.ohiohistorycentral.org |access-date=October 29, 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Nineteenth_Amendment|title=Ohio History Central Nineteenth Amendment|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 29, 2015}}{{cite news|title=Hooch Hounds, Beware!|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn90066132/1922-01-10/ed-1/seq-6/#index=17&rows=20&words=Mayor+woman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=5|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Capital Journal|date=January 10, 1922|location=Salem, Oregon|page=6}}

:Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor in Milford, Ohio{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=In9SAAAAIBAJ&dq=1921&pg=PA5 |title=Ludington Daily News |publisher=Ludington Daily News |language=en}}

1923

::Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio who was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor of Town, 80 Years Old|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063812/1922-02-10/ed-1/seq-2/#index=11&rows=20&words=MAYOR+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=7|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=The Evening Herald|date=February 10, 1922|location=Klamath Falls|page=2}}

1954

::Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio{{cite web|title=Biography of Dorothy N. Dolbey|url=http://ead.ohiolink.edu/xtf-ead/view?docId=ead/OhCiUAR0032.xml;chunk.id=bioghist_1;brand=default|publisher=Ohio Link Repository}}

1959

::Anna Covault, first woman elected mayor in Fletcher, Ohio{{Cite news |date=Dec 16, 1959 |title=First Woman Mayor Receives Oath at Fletcher |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/880383324/?terms=Anna%20Covault%20mayor%20elected&match=1 |work=Sidney Daily News |pages=13}}{{Cite news |date=Oct 21, 1985 |title=Open house to honor Covaults |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/880652867/?terms=Anna%20Hines%20Covault%20mayor%20elected&match=1 |work=Sidney Daily News |pages=5}}

1961

::Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio{{Cite news |date=Nov 14, 1961 |title=First Lady Mayor |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/354398760/?terms=%22Myrtle%20Reed%22%20mayor%20%22Grand%20River%22%20&match=1 |work=The Montana Standard |pages=10}}

1966

::Lucille Barbato Reed, first woman elected mayor in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.{{Cite web |title=LUCILLE NARDUCCI Obituary (2014) - Northfield Center, OH - Cleveland.com |url=https://obits.cleveland.com/us/obituaries/cleveland/name/lucille-narducci-obituary?id=9792029 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Legacy.com}} 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{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bAU1AAAAIBAJ&dq=1969&pg=PA50 |title=Bangor Daily News |publisher=Bangor Daily News |language=en}}

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.{{Cite web |title=When a small-town mayor made U.S. history |url=https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2023/11/15/history-marker-urbancrest-mayor-ohio}}

1976

::Marguerite Bowman, first woman elected Mayor of Elyria, Ohio{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oo9IAAAAIBAJ&dq=Marguerite+Bowman+mayor+Elyria+first+woman&pg=PA3&article_id=3981,2197327 |title=Youngstown Vindicator |publisher=Youngstown Vindicator |language=en}}

1977

::Beryl E. Rothschild, first woman elected Mayor of University Heights, Ohio{{Cite web |last=Ed Wittenberg |first=special to cleveland com |date=2009-12-31 |title=Term limits end long-running political era in University Heights |url=https://www.cleveland.com/sunpress/2009/12/term_limits_end_long-running_p.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=cleveland |language=en}}

1984

::Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio{{cite web|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=820823|title=Our Campaigns - Toledo Mayor - Primary Race - Sep 13, 1983|website=ourcampaigns.com}}

1986

::Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TsIdAAAAIBAJ&dq=Lois+Reed%2C+first+woman+elected+mayor+of+Malinta%2C+Ohio%2C&pg=PA7&article_id=3863,625761 |title=The Bryan Times |publisher=The Bryan Times |language=en}}

1996

::Madeline Cain, first woman elected mayor of Lakewood, Ohio{{Cite web |last=Cliff Pinckard |first=cleveland com |date=2022-04-05 |title=Madeline Cain, first woman mayor of Lakewood, dies at age 72 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2022/04/madeline-cain-first-woman-mayor-of-lakewood-dies-at-age-72.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=cleveland |language=en}}

2000

::Marcia Fudge, first woman elected mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio{{Cite web |last=Hebebrand |first=Maddi |date=2024-03-11 |title=NEO agencies, leaders comment on HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge's resignation |url=https://www.cleveland19.com/2024/03/11/neo-agencies-leaders-comment-hud-secretary-marcia-fudges-resignation/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.cleveland19.com |language=en}}

2001

::Rhine McLin, first woman elected mayor of Dayton, Ohio{{Cite web |title=Former Dayton Mayor McLin honored as first Black woman to serve in Ohio Senate |url=https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/former-dayton-mayor-mclin-honored-as-first-black-woman-to-serve-in-ohio-senate/3IY6FDO6RFGPDHJPD4QBDRD5TI/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=dayton-daily-news |language=English}}

::Jane Leaver, first woman elected mayor of Medina, Ohio{{cite news|title=Medina's first female mayor, Leaver, dies of cancer |url=http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/medina-s-first-female-mayor-leaver-dies-of-cancer-1.519219 |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=September 12, 2014}}

2002

::Jane L. Campbell, first woman elected mayor of Cleveland, Ohio{{Cite news |title=Jane Campbell was Cleveland's first female mayor: PD 175 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2017/11/jane_campbell_was_clevelands_f.html}}

2003

::Georgine Welo, first woman elected mayor of South Euclid, Ohio{{Cite web |last=braspe@cjn.org |first=BECKY RASPE {{!}} SPECIAL SECTIONS STAFF REPORTER |date=2017-06-15 |title=Centennial Celebration: Rich Jewish heritage helps South Euclid remain vibrant community |url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/features/special_sections/destination/centennial-celebration-rich-jewish-heritage-helps-south-euclid-remain-vibrant-community/article_65604f14-5129-11e7-a6fb-4bb5bb55176a.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Cleveland Jewish News |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=cleveland.com |first=Jeff Piorkowski/special to |date=2023-01-10 |title=Welo to run for sixth term as South Euclid mayor |url=https://www.cleveland.com/community/2023/01/welo-will-campaign-for-sixth-term-as-south-euclid-mayor.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=cleveland |language=en}}

2013

::Miesha Headen, first woman elected mayor of Richmond Heights, Ohio, Ohio{{cite web | url=https://www.cleveland.com/hillcrest/2013/11/richmond_heights_1.html | title=Miesha Headen edges out six-term incumbent Daniel Ursu in Richmond Heights mayoral election | date=November 6, 2013 }}

2016

::Annette M. Blackwell, first woman elected mayor of Maple Heights, Ohio{{Cite web|title=Maple Heights Mayor Is a First in More Ways Than One|url=https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/columbus/news/2021/03/06/maple-heights-mayor-is-the-first-woman-and-african-american-elected|access-date=November 10, 2021|website=spectrumnews1.com|language=en}}

2017

::Carrie Schlade first woman elected mayor of Bryan, Ohio{{cite web |date=November 8, 2017 |title=Schlade is city's third mayor in 40 years, first woman |url=http://www.bryantimes.com/news/local/schlade-is-city-s-third-mayor-in-years-first-woman/article_f18f7845-bea4-59ff-b8a4-50c6753f6fb8.html}}

2019

::Nicole Condrey first woman elected mayor of Middletown, Ohio{{Cite web |title=Condrey beats 12-year incumbent Mulligan to become Middletown's first woman mayor |url=https://www.journal-news.com/news/condrey-beats-year-incumbent-mulligan-become-middletown-first-woman-mayor/uoxTkNHuyOw7lNMI9rQJCP/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=journal-news |language=English}}

2021

::Marie Gallo first woman elected mayor of Parma Heights, Ohio{{Cite web |date=2023-09-11 |title=Parma Heights swears in first female police chief |url=https://fox8.com/news/parma-heights-swears-in-first-female-police-chief/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Fox 8 Cleveland WJW |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=John Benson |first=special to cleveland com |date=2021-11-03 |title=Parma Heights elects City Council veteran Gallo as next mayor |url=https://www.cleveland.com/community/2021/11/parma-heights-elects-city-council-veteran-gallo-as-next-mayor.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=cleveland |language=en}}

::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 https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry?entry=WY002

1925

::Mildred Harrison, first woman elected mayor of Osage, Oklahoma

1931

::Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma{{Cite web |date=2015-07-03 |title=Broken Arrow Gallery History |url=https://tulsaworld.com/archive/broken-arrow-gallery-history/image_6e39651d-aa57-5829-a189-d451cc332ab9.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Tulsa World |language=en}}

1971

::Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma{{cite news|first=Bryan|last=Dean|title=Former Oklahoma City Mayor Patience Latting dies at age 94 |url=http://newsok.com/former-oklahoma-city-mayor-patience-latting-dies-at-age-94/article/3741834 |work=The Oklahoman |date=December 28, 2012 |access-date=January 11, 2013}}{{RP|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.{{Cite web |last=Media |first=Griffin |title=Honoring Lelia Davis, The First Black Woman Mayor In US History |url=https://www.news9.com/story/618416ed17321a0c35c2497e/honoring-lelia-davis-the-first-black-woman-mayor-in-us-history |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.news9.com |language=en}}

1992

::M. Susan Savage, first woman elected mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oregon

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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.{{cite news|title=Petticoat Rule for Florence; Florence Woman Victorious--Elected By Large Majorities|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn84022653/1895-04-13/ed-1/seq-5/#sort=date&city=&rows=20&words=citizens+ticket&language=&sequence=0&index=15&date1=&proxdistance=&county=&date2=&frequency=&proxtext=%22citizens+ticket%22&andtext=&phrasetext=&ortext=&dateFilterType=&page=10|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Eugene City Guard|date=April 13, 1895|location=Eugene, Oregon|page=5}}{{cite news|title=The Ladies Rule|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042448/1895-04-10/ed-1/seq-2/#index=0&rows=20&proxtext=%22alice+e+burns%22&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=Alice+Burns+E&page=1|access-date=December 29, 2017|work=The Dalles Daily Chronicle|date=April 10, 1895|location=The Dalles, Oregon|page=2}}

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.{{cite news|title=Warrenton, Ore., To Be Ruled By A Woman|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19121219.2.104&srpos=22&e=-------en--20--21--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Los Angeles Herald|date=December 19, 1912|location=Los Angeles, California|page=14}} 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.{{cite news|last1=Wilson|first1=Elleda|title=In One Ear: Capt. Corno's last chance; W.B. Scranton breaks up off Sand Island in 1866|url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/ear/20170609/in-one-ear-capt-cornos-last-chance|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=The Daily Astorian|date=June 9, 2017|location=Astoria, Oregon}}

1914

::Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon{{cite news|title=Oregon Woman Elected Mayor|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063850/1913-12-05/ed-1/seq-1/#index=5&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=Mayor+mayor+woman+Woman&page=2|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Tillamook Herald|date=December 5, 1913|location=Tillamook, Oregon|page=1}}{{cite web | url=https://www.opb.org/article/2023/12/03/clara-latourell-larsson-first-female-woman-mayor-troutdale-portland-oregon-history/ | title=Remembering the first female mayor of Troutdale, Oregon }}

1917

::Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor of Umatilla is Pretty, Clever and Diplomat|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83045782/1917-02-18/ed-1/seq-26/#index=6&rows=20&words=MAYOR+Mayor+woman+WOMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=3|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=The Sunday Oregonian|date=February 18, 1917|location=Portland, Oregon|page=26}}

1918

::Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon{{cite news|title=First Woman Mayor|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn00063700/1918-11-15/ed-1/seq-1/#index=10&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=MAYOR+WOMAN&page=8|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Oregon City Enterprise|date=November 15, 1918|location=Oregon City, Oregon|page=1}}

1920

::Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ugkSAQAAMAAJ&dq=1920++Grace+B.+Lampshire++Burns,+Oregon&pg=RA10-PA92 |title=The Woman Citizen |date=1920 |publisher=Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission |language=en}}

::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{{cite news|title=City's First Woman Mayor Holds Chair for Few Minutes|work=Morning Oregonian|date=January 22, 1920|location=Portland, Oregon|page=11}}191

1928

Letty Sankey, first woman elected mayor of Sweet Home, Oregon.{{Cite book |last=Steinbacher |first=Martha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7fZ8NJlIXEC&dq=Lettie+Sankey+mayor&pg=PA119 |title=Sweet Home in Linn County: New Life, New Land |date=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-2069-8 |language=en}} 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{{Cite web |title=The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 22, 1932, Page 12, Image 12 « Historic Oregon Newspapers |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn85042470/1932-05-22/ed-1/seq-12/#words=Allen+Edna |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=oregonnews.uoregon.edu}}

1949

::Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon{{RP|238}}

1955

::Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon{{cite news|title=Mary Van Stevens Sworn in as Heppner Mayor|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071042/1955-01-06/ed-1/seq-1/#index=15&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=mayor+woman&page=1|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Heppner Gazette-Times|date=January 6, 1955|location=Heppner, Oregon|page=1}}

:::She resigned in 1956 after purchasing a business in The Dalles, Oregon.{{cite news|title=Mayor Resigns Post Because of Move; Sells Business|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071042/1956-05-03/ed-1/seq-1/#index=0&rows=20&proxtext=woman+mayor&searchType=basic&sequence=0&words=mayor+woman&page=8|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Heppner Gazette-Times|date=May 3, 1956|location=Heppner, Oregon|page=1}}

1981

::Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon{{cite web|title=Milwaukie Historical Timeline|url=https://www.milwaukieoregon.gov/cityrecorder/milwaukie-historical-timeline|website=milwaukieoregon.gov|publisher=City of Milwaukie|access-date=January 12, 2018}}

::Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon{{cite news|last1=Fisicaro|first1=Kailey|title=Bend's first female mayor turns 90; Ruth Burleigh, 'quiet leader,'reflects on her time and life in Bend|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/home/4298604-151/bends-first-female-mayor-turns-90|access-date=January 12, 2018|work=The Bend Bulletin|publisher=Western Communications|date=May 8, 2016|location=Bend, Oregon}}

1983

::Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon{{cite news|last1=Lynn|first1=Capi|title=Building Salem: Former mayors reflect on city's growth, Riverfront Park|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2017/08/05/former-salem-mayors-reflect-riverfront-park-city-growth/531508001/|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Statesman Journal|date=August 5, 2017|location=Eugene, Oregon}}

1985

::Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon{{cite news|last1=Leone|first1=Hannah|title=Hillsboro Civic Center Auditorium to be renamed for Shirley Huffman, the city's first female mayor|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/hillsboro/index.ssf/2014/12/hillsboro_civic_center_auditor.html|access-date=January 12, 2018|work=The Oregonian/OregonLive|publisher=Oregon Live LLC|date=December 31, 2014|location=Portland, Oregon}}

1989

Carol Heinkel, first woman elected mayor of Coburg, Oregon

1993

::Ruth Bascom, first woman mayor of Eugene, Oregon{{cite news|title=Former Eugene mayor dies |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2010/08/former_eugene_mayor_dies.html|work=The Oregonian |date=August 28, 2010 |access-date=December 3, 2013}}

2000

::Lore Christopher, first woman elected mayor of Keizer, Oregon{{cite news|last1=Wong|first1=Peter|title=Success ushers in Keizer mayor Lore Christopher's final term|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2014/02/09/success-ushers-in-keizer-mayor-lore-christophers-final-term/5336737/|access-date=January 13, 2018|work=Statesman Journal|publisher=USA Today Network|date=February 9, 2014|location=Salem, Oregon}}

2017

::Carol Westfall, first woman elected mayor of Klamath Falls, Oregon{{cite web|author1=Jenna Kochenauer|title=Klamath Falls elects first woman mayor|url=http://www.mybasin.com/2016/11/09/klamath-falls-elects-first-woman-mayor/|website=MyBasin.com|publisher=Basin Mediactive, LLC|access-date=January 12, 2018|location=Klamath Falls, Oregon|date=November 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180113035453/http://www.mybasin.com/2016/11/09/klamath-falls-elects-first-woman-mayor/|archive-date=January 13, 2018|url-status=dead}}

2020

::Lacey Beaty, first woman and youngest mayor of Beaverton, Oregon{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Siobhan |date=December 30, 2022 |title=Beaver Leaders: Lacey Beaty |url=https://www.fororegonstate.org/stay-informed/impact-stories/detail/beaver-leaders-lacey-beaty |access-date=June 15, 2023 |website=Oregon State Foundation |language=en}}

Pennsylvania

1959

::Jennie Black, first woman elected Mayor of Smithfield, Pennsylvania{{Cite web |date=1969-07-30 |title=The Morning Herald from Uniontown, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/63844042/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en-US}} and first woman mayor elected in Pennsylvania.

1977

::Betty Marshall, first woman elected Mayor of York, Pennsylvania{{cite news|first=Mike |last=Argento |title=Betty Marshall, York's first elected female mayor, has died |url=http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_22898404/betty-marshall-yorks-first-elected-female-mayor-has |work=York Daily Record |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=April 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729203758/http://www.ydr.com/local/ci_22898404/betty-marshall-yorks-first-elected-female-mayor-has |archive-date=July 29, 2014 }}

1989

::Janice Stork, first woman elected Mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania{{cite news|title=Women Add To Victories as Mayors |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19891109&id=T9FRAAAAIBAJ&pg=2229,3135751 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=November 9, 1989 |access-date=June 26, 2013}}

::Sophie Masloff, first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[https://pittsburghpa.gov/mayor/masloff-mayor#:~:text=Pittsburgh's%20first%20and%20only%20female,would%20serve%20for%2038%20years.]

1993

::Anne Jones, first woman elected mayor of Pottstown, Pennsylvania{{cite news|first=Evan|last=Brandt|title=Anne Jones, first female mayor of Pottstown, remembered as dedicated public servant |url=http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20140609/anne-jones-first-female-mayor-of-pottstown-remembered-as-dedicated-public-servant |work=The Mercury (Pennsylvania) |date=June 9, 2014 |access-date=June 15, 2014}}

2009

::Donna McFadden-Connors, first woman appointed mayor of Pittston, Pennsylvania[http://www.timesleader.com/news/Keating_resigns_as_mayor_05-21-2009.html Times Leader] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213225755/http://www.timesleader.com/news/Keating_resigns_as_mayor_05-21-2009.html |date=February 13, 2012 }}

::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{{cite web | url=https://gettysburgconnection.org/history-made-as-first-african-american-becomes-gettysburg-mayor/ | title=History made as first African American becomes Gettysburg Mayor | date=January 4, 2022 }}

2023

::Cherelle Parker, first woman elected mayor and third African-American mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/us/politics/cherelle-parker-philadelphia-mayor.html | title=Cherelle Parker, a Democrat, Elected Mayor of Philadelphia | work=The New York Times | date=November 7, 2023 | last1=Chen | first1=David W. | last2=Wolfram | first2=Joel }}

Rhode Island

1992

::Kathryn O'Hare, first woman elected mayor of West Warwick, Rhode Island{{Cite web |title=Gallery: West Warwick Through the Years |url=https://www.providencejournal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2015/01/23/gallery-west-warwick-through-the/741103007/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=The Providence Journal |language=en-US}}

1995

::Susan Menard, first woman elected mayor of Woonsocket, Rhode Island{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=NBC 10 |date=2022-09-23 |title=Examiner cites medical causes in deaths of former Mayor Menard, Grabowski |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/susan-menard-daniel-grabowski-woonsocket-rhode-island-former-mayor-boys-girls-club-marian-lane-deaths-bodies-found-september-23-2022 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=WJAR |language=en}}

2008

::Jeanne-Marie Napolitano, first woman mayor of Newport, Rhode Island{{cite web |last=Armental |first=Maria |date=November 12, 2008 |title=The Providence Journal |url=http://politicsblog.projo.com/2008/11/newport-to-get.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219091816/http://politicsblog.projo.com/2008/11/newport-to-get.html |archive-date=February 19, 2012 |access-date=April 29, 2013 |publisher=Politicsblog.projo.com}}

2020

::María Rivera, first woman mayor of Central Falls, Rhode Island{{Cite web |date=2020-11-04 |title=Central Falls elects Rivera as first-ever woman mayor |url=https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/central-falls-elects-rivera-as-first-ever-woman-mayor/ |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=WPRI.com |language=en-US}}

South Carolina

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1925

::Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson, first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina and first woman mayor in the state.{{Cite web |title=Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson |url=https://www.johnsonvilleschistory.org/exhibits/show/our-history/item/7}}

1952

::Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina{{Cite news |date=Apr 27, 1952 |title=Petticoats in Many Races as Women Pretty Up Politics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/749440513/?terms=Martha%20Priscilla%20Shaw%20Sumter%20South%20Carolina%20elected&match=1 |work=The State |pages=10}}

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[http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=9497004&nav=0RaPTJJ6 WIS News 10] {{dead link|date=April 2013}}

::Pam Lee, first woman elected mayor of Mullins, South Carolina{{cite news|newspaper=The Morning News|url=http://www.scnow.com/news/local/article_586c7498-5f10-5173-bf5d-5da01c6845b8.html|title=Mullins welcomes Lee as first female mayor|date=November 14, 2008|first=Kelly|last=Gillespie}}

2023

::Hazel Livingston, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, South Carolina{{cite web | url=https://www.abccolumbia.com/2023/12/06/town-of-lexington-makes-history-at-swearing-in-ceremony-with-first-woman-mayor/ | title=Town of Lexington makes history at swearing-in ceremony with first woman mayor | date=December 6, 2023 }}

South Dakota

1922

::Hattie Pickles, first woman elected mayor in South Dakota, in Clark, South Dakota{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=1st Woman Mayor in S.D. Claimed by Clark in 1922 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25587953/1st_woman_mayor_in_sd_claimed_by/ |access-date=November 21, 2018 |work=Argus Leader |date=April 21, 1950 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121161941/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25587953/1st_woman_mayor_in_sd_claimed_by/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota |page=8 |via=newspapers.com}}

1950

::Kate Soldat, first woman elected mayor of Sturgis, South Dakota{{cite news |author1=Miller, Lois |title=Sturgis Woman Mayor Overcame Stiff Obstacles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25588038/sturgis_woman_mayor_overcame_stiff/ |access-date=November 21, 2018 |work=Rapid City Journal |date=April 23, 1950 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121162434/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25588038/sturgis_woman_mayor_overcame_stiff/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |location=Rapid City, South Dakota |page=13 |via=newspapers.com}}

Tennessee

1940

::Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee"Englewood...The Town and its People" edited by Bobbie Armstrong Dickson{{cite web|url=http://www.mcminnlife.com/the-englewood-textile-museum-houses-towns-history/|title=The Englewood Textile Museum Houses Town's History – McMinn Life Magazine|website=mcminnlife.com|date=June 21, 2015 }}

1961

::May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, TennesseeMildred Kozsuch, "[http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=1472 Washington County]," Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture

1976

::Joan Webb, first woman chosen as mayor of Townsend, Tennessee{{Cite web |last=ashley.yates@thedailytimes.com |first=Ashley Yates |date=2023-11-30 |title=First female mayor in Blount County, now 88, is grand marshal for Townsend Christmas Parade |url=https://www.thedailytimes.com/news/first-female-mayor-in-blount-county-now-88-is-grand-marshal-for-townsend-christmas-parade/article_9ec52ca8-8fa6-11ee-827f-4711d70c2986.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The Daily Times |language=en}}

1997

::Margaret Feierabend, first woman chosen as mayor of Bristol, Tennessee{{Cite web|title=Staff Directory • Bristol, TN • CivicEngage|url=https://www.bristoltn.org/directory.aspx?EID=229|access-date=July 27, 2021|website=www.bristoltn.org}}

2011

::Madeline Rogero, first woman elected mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee

2015

::Megan Barry, first woman elected mayor of Nashville, Tennessee{{Cite web|title = Megan Barry elected Nashville mayor|website = The Tennessean|url = http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/09/10/nashville-mayors-race-winner/72014694/|access-date = September 11, 2015}}

Texas

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytrib.com/2014/07/22/leading-ladies-blaze-trails-burnet-llano-counties/|title=Leading ladies blaze trails in Burnet, Llano counties|date=July 22, 2014}}

1920

::Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas,{{cite news|title=Women Tire of Politics; To Let Men Run Things|work=Capital Journal|date=April 8, 1922|location=Salem, Oregon|page=1}}

1937

::Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman mayor of Kyle, Texas{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Michael |title=Ladies who led |url=https://www.statesman.com/story/news/history/2019/05/17/ladies-who-led-in-1940s-kyles-mayor-and-city-council-were-all-women/5135345007/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=Austin American-Statesman |language=en-US}}

1964

::Doris Marie Moore, first female elected mayor of Refugio, Texas

1975

::Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas{{RP|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{{RP|238-239}}

1982

::Kathryn J. Whitmire, first woman elected mayor of Houston, Texas

1985

::Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas[https://web.archive.org/web/20060302213226/http://www.cityoflewisville.com/wcmsite/publishing.nsf/Content/History%2BTimeline City of Lewisville timeline]

1986

::LaNelle McNamara, first woman elected mayor of Waco, Texas{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=Waco,++LaNelle+McNamara++1986&pg=SL11-PA254 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

1987

::Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas{{cite news|title=Dallas' first woman mayor sworn in today|work=United Press International|date=May 4, 1987|location=Dallas, Texas}}

::Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas{{cite news|title=Washington Talk: Briefing; 1987 and Women|work=The New York Times|date=December 28, 1987}}

1989

::Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas

1990

:: Evelyn Lord, first woman mayor of Beaumont, Texas{{Cite web |last=Hubbard |first=Paige |date=2020-10-01 |title=Beaumont's first female mayor Evelyn Lord remembers the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg |url=https://kfdm.com/news/local/beaumonts-first-female-mayor-evelyn-lord-remembers-late-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=KFDM |language=en}}

1991

::Kay Granger, first female mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

1998

::Betty Flores, first woman mayor of Laredo, Texas{{Cite web |last=Gallardo |first=Yocelin |date=2022-03-29 |title=Trailblazing Laredo Woman: Betty Flores |url=https://www.kgns.tv/2022/03/29/trailblazing-laredo-woman-betty-flores/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.kgns.tv |language=en}}

1999

::Blanca Vela, first woman elected mayor of Brownsville, Texas{{cite news|first=Ty|last=Johnson|title=Former Brownsville mayor, feminist 'trailblazer' Blanca Vela dies at 78 |url=http://www.themonitor.com/news/local/article_93ce870a-99d3-11e3-8d61-001a4bcf6878.html |work=The Monitor (Texas) |date=February 18, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2014}}

2005

::Debra McCartt, first woman mayor of Amarillo, Texas{{Cite web |date=2021-03-10 |title=Remarkable Women: Leadership through service, former Amarillo Mayor Debra McCartt |url=https://www.myhighplains.com/news/local-news/remarkable-women-leadership-through-service-former-amarillo-mayor-debra-mccartt/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=KAMR - MyHighPlains.com |language=en-US}}

2014

::Celeste Sanchez, first woman elected mayor of San Benito, Texas{{cite news|first=Fernando | last=del Valle |title=Election results: Sanchez becomes first female mayor of San Benito |url=http://www.valleymorningstar.com/news/local_news/article_adf4fb78-d8bc-11e3-b08d-0017a43b2370.html |work=Valley Morning Star |date=May 12, 2014 |access-date=May 13, 2014}}

2015

::Laura Hill, first woman elected mayor of Southlake, Texas{{cite news|title=Association of Directory Publishers Chairman Laura Hill Becomes First Woman Elected Mayor of Southlake, Texas|work=PR Newswire|agency=Association of Directory Publishers|date=March 12, 2015}}

Utah

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1912

::Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah{{Cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Carter |last2=March 8 |first2=KSL com {{!}} Posted- |last3=P.m |first3=2021 at 5:33 |title=10 influential women in history whose impact in Utah remains relevant today |url=https://www.ksl.com/article/50121611/10-influential-women-in-history-whose-impact-in-utah-remains-relevant-today |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=www.ksl.com |language=en}}

1919

::Stena Scorup, first woman mayor of Salina, Utah{{cite news|title=Stena Scorup obituary|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/7693201/stena_scorup_obit/|access-date=January 10, 2019|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|date=June 23, 1950|location=Sevier County, Utah}}

1945

::Mabel Nielsen, first woman elected mayor of Panguitch, Utah{{Cite news |date=Nov 7, 1945 |title=Panguitch |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/595269005/?terms=Mabel%20Nielsen%20Panguitch%20Utah%20mayor&match=1 |work=Deseret News |pages=11}}

1982

::Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah{{cite news|title=BPW to hear woman mayor|url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=980152&page=6&q=first+woman+mayor&sort=rel|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=Davis County Clipper|date=October 7, 1986|location=Davis County, Utah}}

1991

::Cosetta Castagno, first woman elected mayor of Vernon, Utah{{cite news|title=First Lady Mayor Named|url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=22559894&page=2&q=first+woman+mayor&sort=rel|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=Davis County Clipper|date=March 19, 1991|location=Davis County, Utah}}

::Joyce Johnson, first woman mayor of Orem, Utah{{cite news|last1=Adams|first1=Brooke|title=2 IN OREM MAYORAL RACE SPAR OVER REDEVELOPMENT ISSUE|url=https://www.deseret.com/1991/10/24/18947945/2-in-orem-mayoral-race-spar-over-redevelopment-issue/|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=Deseret News|date=October 24, 1991|location=Salt Lake City, Utah}}

1992

::Deedee Corradini, first woman elected mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah

::Stella Welsh, first woman elected mayor of Orem, Utah{{cite news|title=Orem appoints, then elects first woman mayors|url=https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=22927320&page=7&q=first+woman+mayor&sort=rel|access-date=January 14, 2018|work=Orem-Geneva Times|date=January 5, 2000|location=Orem, Utah|page=24}}

1998

::JoAnn Seghini, first woman elected mayor of Midvale, Utah[https://www.sltrib.com/news/2020/06/20/longtime-midvale-mayor/ "Longtime Midvale Mayor JoAnn Seghini dies at age 82," The Salt Lake Tribune, June 21, 2020]

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{{cite web|url=http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20131105/NEWS01/311050029/Wilson-becomes-first-woman-mayor-Cedar-City|title=Local News – The Spectrum – thespectrum.com|work=The Spectrum|access-date=March 15, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131106174543/http://www.thespectrum.com/article/20131105/NEWS01/311050029/Wilson-becomes-first-woman-mayor-Cedar-City|archive-date=November 6, 2013}}

2018

::Michelle Kaufusi, first woman elected mayor of Provo, Utah{{cite web|url=http://fox13now.com/2017/11/09/kaufusi-becomes-provos-first-ever-woman-mayor/|title=Kaufusi becomes Provo's first-ever woman mayor|date=November 10, 2017}}

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.{{cite news |date=March 21, 1980 |title=Live-in handyman pleads innocent of killing mayor |url=http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1980-03-21/ed-1/seq-1/#date1=01%2F01%2F&index=0&date2=12%2F31%2F&searchType=advanced&SearchType=prox10&sequence=0&words=first+mayor+woman&proxdistance=10&to_year=&rows=20&ortext=&from_year=&proxtext=first+woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=range&page=3 |access-date=December 31, 2017 |work=Press-Republican |location=Plattsburgh, New York |page=1 |agency=United Press International}}

2019

::Kristine Lott, first woman elected mayor of Winooski, Vermont{{Cite web |last=Wunderlich |first=Renee |date=2019-03-06 |title=Vermont city elects first female mayor |url=https://www.mynbc5.com/article/vermont-city-elects-first-female-mayor/26738725 |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=WPTZ |language=en}}

2024

::Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, first woman elected mayor of Burlington, Vermont{{Cite web |date=2024-03-06 |title=Emma Mulvaney-Stanak elected mayor of Burlington |url=https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2024-03-05/emma-mulvaney-stanak-elected-mayor-of-burlington |access-date=2024-04-02 |website=Vermont Public |language=en}}

Virginia

1930

::Callie Wright, first female elected mayor of Troutdale, Virginia{{Cite news |date=Oct 16, 1930 |title=Troutdale's Woman Mayor Claimed First |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/912958167/?terms=Wright%20mayor%20Troutdale&match=1 |work=The Roanoke Times |pages=5}}{{Cite news |last=Anderson |first=Sherwood |date=July 3, 1930 |title=Town or Anti-Town |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/430930374/?terms=Wright%20mayor%20Troutdale&match=1 |work=The Boston Globe |pages=14}}{{Cite journal |last=Brown |first=Jo. B. |date=2011 |title=Journal of Appalachian Studies Annual Bibliography, 2010 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41446951 |journal=Journal of Appalachian Studies |volume=17 |issue=1/2 |pages=214–256 |doi=10.2307/41446951 |jstor=41446951 |issn=1082-7161}}

1948

::Minnie Miller, first woman elected mayor of Clintwood, Virginia{{cite news |last1=Little |first1=Herb |title=Virginia Town's Males Vote in Petticoat Rule

|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25556881/virginia_towns_males_vote_in_petticoat/

|access-date=November 20, 2018 |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |date=June 27, 1948 | url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120142649/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25556881/virginia_towns_males_vote_in_petticoat/ |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |location=Asheville, North Carolina |page=2–B |via=newspapers.com}}

1950

::Dorothy Davis, first woman elected mayor of Washington, Virginia{{cite news|url=https://www.richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-the-first-woman-mayor-in-the-eastern/article_4d21b2ca-6cdd-587a-a668-f26b359c9307.html | title=From the Archives: The first woman mayor in the Eastern U.S. was elected in Virginia in 1950 | first=Nicole | last=Kappatos |date=October 10, 2018 | location=Richmond, Virginia |newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010150237/https://www.richmond.com/from-the-archives/from-the-archives-the-first-woman-mayor-in-the-eastern/article_4d21b2ca-6cdd-587a-a668-f26b359c9307.html | archive-date=October 10, 2018 }} Includes photo. NOTE: makes claim about first in the eastern U.S. which is NOT correct, see other sources right on this page.

1962

::Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor Can't Decide About Her Title|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=DS19620704.2.47&srpos=4&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN-first+woman+mayor-------1|access-date=December 31, 2017|work=Desert Sun|agency=United Press International|date=July 4, 1962|location=Palm Springs, California|page=7}}{{RP|238}}

1963

::Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia{{Cite web |title=Ann Kilgore Obituary (2001) - Hampton, VA - Daily Press |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailypress/name/ann-kilgore-obituary?id=29727145 |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Legacy.com}}

1986

::Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia{{Cite web|url=https://www.nnva.gov/Blog.aspx?IID=745|title = Blog • Newport News, VA • CivicEngage}}

1988

::Meyera E. Oberndorf, first woman elected mayor of Virginia Beach, Virginia

1991

::Patsy Ticer, first woman elected mayor of Alexandria, Virginia{{Cite web|url=https://alextimes.com/2017/08/patsyticer/|title=Patsy Ticer: Alexandrians remember legacy of service-oriented former mayor, state senator {{!}} Alexandria Times {{!}} Alexandria, VA|website=alextimes.com|date=August 10, 2017|language=en-US|access-date=November 11, 2018}}

2008

::Mimi Elrod, first woman elected mayor of Lexington, Virginia[http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/lexington_names_first_female_mayor/20739/ WSLS 10] {{dead link|date=April 2013}}

::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{{Cite web |title=Helen Coe {{!}} South Whidbey Historical Society |url=https://southwhidbeyhistory.org/2022/03/helen-coe/ |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=southwhidbeyhistory.org}}

1924

::Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington{{Cite web |title=Kerr, Alice U. (1858-1949) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8344 |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=www.historylink.org}}

1926

::Bertha Knight Landes, first woman Mayor of Seattle, Washington and first woman mayor of a major American city{{cite news|title=Bertha Knight Landes First Mayor of a major U.S. city 1926–1928 |url=http://www.sos.wa.gov/heritage/biographies/BerthaKnightLandes.aspx |work=Washington State Heritage Center |access-date=December 3, 2013}}{{RP|238, 242}}

1932

::Stella Alexander, first woman mayor of Issaquah, Washington{{Cite web |last=Dougherty |first=Phil |date=February 1, 2008 |title=Alexander, Stella (1881-1960) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/8474 |access-date=October 20, 2023 |website=HistoryLink}}

1953

::Amanda Benek Smith, first woman mayor of Olympia, Washington{{Cite web |last=Crooks |first=Jennifer |date=2018-09-22 |title=People in Public Service: Amanda Benek Smith, Olympia's First Female Mayor |url=https://www.thurstontalk.com/2018/09/22/amanda-benek-smith-olympias-first-female-mayor/ |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=ThurstonTalk |language=en-US}}

1975

::Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington{{cite news|last1=Bain|first1=Kaitlin|title=Dedication in remembrance of Yakima's first female mayor|url=http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/dedication-in-remembrance-of-yakima-s-first-female-mayor/article_ec18571c-7286-11e7-b24e-6b57e0332e55.html|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=Yakima Herald-Republic|date=July 26, 2017|location=Yakima, Washington}}

1977

::Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett, Washington{{cite web | title=Everett May Have First Female Mayor in 124 Years | website=US News & World Report | date=August 7, 2017 | url=http://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/washington/articles/2017-08-07/everett-may-have-first-female-mayor-in-124-years | access-date=August 6, 2023}}

1986

::Vicki McNeill, first woman to serve as mayor of Spokane, Washington{{Cite web |last=Walters |first=Daniel |title=How the "One-Term Mayor Curse" took out the previous 10 Spokane mayors |url=https://www.inlander.com/Bloglander/archives/2015/11/03/how-the-one-term-mayor-curse-took-out-the-previous-10-spokane-mayors |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Inlander |language=en}}

2010

::Marilyn Strickland, first woman to serve as mayor of Tacoma, Washington{{Cite book |last=Weatherford |first=Doris |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wW5wumFHKSEC&dq=Tacoma,+Washington++Marilyn+Strickland++2010&pg=SL11-PA247 |title=Women in American Politics: History and Milestones |date=2012-01-20 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=978-1-60871-007-2 |language=en}}

2012

::Kelli Linville, first woman elected mayor of Bellingham, Washington

2017

::Anne McEnerny-Ogle first woman elected mayor of Vancouver, Washington{{cite web|url=http://katu.com/news/politics/vancouver-elects-first-woman-mayor-anne-mcenerny-ogle|title=Vancouver elects first woman mayor, Anne McEnerny-Ogle|author=Catherine Van|date=November 7, 2017}}

::Cassie Franklin, first woman elected Mayor of Everett, Washington

West Virginia

1937

::Stella Eddy, first woman mayor of Friendly, West Virginia{{cite news |title=Petticoats Rule Town of Friendly |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25568258/petticoats_rule_town_of_friendly_west/ |access-date=November 21, 2018 |work=Evening Courier |date=August 17, 1937 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121163712/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25568258/petticoats_rule_town_of_friendly_west/ |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |location=Camden, New Jersey |page=7 |via=newspapers.com}}

1972

::Dorothy Comuntzis, first woman mayor of Morgantown, West Virginia{{cite news|last=Conley|first=Ben|title=Former female Morgantown mayors recognized|url=https://www.dominionpost.com/2018/03/21/former-female-morgantown-mayors-recognized/|access-date=August 4, 2024|date=March 21, 2018|via=The Dominion Post}}

1985

::Stella C. Koerner first woman mayor of Wheeling, West Virginia{{cite news|title=List of Wheeling Mayors|url=https://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/history/list-of-wheeling-mayors/7068|access-date=August 5, 2024|via=Ohio County Public Library}}

1993

::Jean Dean, first woman mayor of Huntington, West Virginia{{cite news|title=Former Huntington mayor Jean Dean dies|url=https://apnews.com/article/huntington-wv-state-wire-0e36e6941bb962722dba1bae6f63ea53|access-date=August 4, 2024|date=July 18, 2021|via=AP News}}

::Nancy Cartmill, first woman mayor of Barboursville, West Virginia{{cite web|date=February 15, 2022|url=https://www.wowktv.com/news/local/commissioner-nancy-cartmill-passes-away/|title=Commissioner Nancy Cartmill passes away|publisher=WOWK|access-date=August 4, 2024}}

2018

::Amy Shuler Goodwin, first woman mayor of Charleston, West Virginia{{cite news|last=Shinkle|first=Leanne|title=UPDATE: Amy Goodwin sworn in as first female mayor in Charleston|url=https://www.wsaz.com/content/news/Amy-Goodwin-wins-race-for-Charleston-mayor-499896111.html |access-date=August 4, 2024|date=November 6, 2018|via=WSAZ}}

2023

::Anne Bolyard, first woman mayor of Fairmont, West Virginia{{cite news|last=Shinkle|first=Leanne|title=Bolyard elected first woman mayor in Fairmont, West Virginia, history|url=https://www.wvnews.com/fairmontnews/news/bolyard-elected-first-woman-mayor-in-fairmont-west-virginia-history/article_0f01d826-908a-11ed-8fe1-f3c540fca2dc.html|access-date=August 4, 2024|date=January 10, 2023|via=The Fairmont News}}

Wisconsin

1923

::Lulu P. Shaw, first woman mayor of the City of Crandon, Wisconsin.{{Cite book |last=Poppy |first=Clarence Harry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xeIqAQAAMAAJ&q=Lulu+Shaw+mayor |title=Crandon is My Hometown |date=1997 |publisher=J.H. Poppy |language=en}}

1934

::Mary Spellman, first woman mayor of Beaver Dam, Wisconsin{{Cite web |last=Pederson |first=Terri |date=2020-08-19 |title=Beaver Dam remembers the women who paved the way |url=https://wiscnews.com/news/local/beaver-dam-remembers-the-women-who-paved-the-way/article_b76cec00-393a-579f-b2d2-dbf87a93a5c7.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=Wiscnews.com |language=en}}

Wyoming

File:Mayor of Gillette, Wyoming Louise Carter-King honoring a veteran Gillette Police Department officer at a City Council meeting in Gillette, Wyoming.jpg 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{{cite news|title=The New Woman|url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82015485/1912-07-06/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1789&index=12&date2=1943&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=mayor+woman&proxdistance=5&state=Kansas&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=woman+mayor&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1|access-date=December 30, 2017|work=Western Kansas World|date=July 6, 1912|location=WaKeeney, Kansas|page=2}}

1920

::Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming{{cite news|title=Woman Mayor Rules Jackson|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063812/1920-06-05/ed-1/seq-2/#index=7&rows=20&words=mayor+woman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&proxtext=woman+mayor&page=3|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=The Evening Herald|date=June 5, 1920|location=Klamath Falls, Oregon|page=2}}

1922

::Ethel Stoner, first woman elected mayor of Cokeville, Wyoming{{Cite book |last1=Binheim |first1=Max |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F1IXAAAAIAAJ&dq=Ethel+Stoner++Cokeville,+Wyoming++1922&pg=PA215 |title=Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America |last2=Elvin |first2=Charles A. |date=1928 |publisher=Publishers Press |language=en}}

1938

::Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming{{Cite news |date=May 20, 1938 |title=Casper Star-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/348561524/?terms=Dixon%20Wyoming%20Nettie%20Terrill&match=1 |pages=5}}

1957

::Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming{{Cite web |title=Desert Sun 4 January 1957 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=DS19570104.2.86&srpos=11&e=------195-en--20--1--txt-txIN-woman+mayor-------1 |access-date=2024-04-01 |website=cdnc.ucr.edu}}

1965

::Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming{{Cite news |date=May 19, 1965 |title=Woman Mayor Sworn in at Edgerton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/348028685/?terms=Maxine%20Patterson%20Edgerton%20Wyoming%20elected&match=1 |work=Casper Morning Star |pages=9}}

2008

::Nancy Tia Brown, first woman elected mayor of Cody, Wyoming{{cite web|url=http://www.codyenterprise.com/articles/2008/11/05/news/news2.txt|title=Cody Enterprise}} {{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

2014

::Louise Carter-King, first woman elected mayor of Gillette, Wyoming{{cite web|url=http://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/news/local/article_21c5222c-2971-5afc-afbe-09f8f1088bd4.html|title=Louise Carter-King becomes 1st woman mayor in Gillette|work=Gillette News Record|date=November 4, 2014 |access-date=March 15, 2015}}

2016

::Marian Orr, first woman elected mayor of Cheyenne, Wyoming{{cite web|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/news/orr-elected-city-s-first-female-mayor-is-cheyenne-s/article_39e30f8c-cf2b-11e6-91e1-eb418487331a.html|title=Orr elected city's first female mayor is Cheyenne's top story of 2016|first=Becky Orr, Wyoming Tribune|last=Eagle|date=December 31, 2016 }}

U.S. territories and associated states

= Guam =

2001

::Concepcion Duenas, first woman elected mayor of Tamuning, Guam{{Cite web |last=Post |first=Tihu Lujan {{!}} The Guam Daily |date=2018-01-05 |title=Ex-mayor Concepcion Duenas remembered for public service |url=https://www.postguam.com/news/local/ex-mayor-concepcion-duenas-remembered-for-public-service/article_8914981e-f1c6-11e7-92b3-138c7706a576.html |access-date=2024-03-30 |website=The Guam Daily Post |language=en}}

= District of Columbia =

1990

::Sharon Pratt Kelly, first woman elected Mayor of the District of Columbia{{Cite web |date=2020-02-12 |title=Sharon Pratt Kelly |url=https://www.phillytrib.com/special_sections/black_history/sharon-pratt-kelly/article_b8c03306-a40d-58c9-9b32-979af7efb1c8.html |access-date=2024-03-29 |website=The Philadelphia Tribune |language=en}}

= Northern Mariana Islands =

2014

::Marian Tudela, first woman mayor of Saipan{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=th9PExyUzY8C&dq=Marian+Tudela+2014&pg=PA15589 |title=Congressional Record |publisher=Government Printing Office |language=en}}

= 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{{Cite book |last1=Neumann |first1=Caryn E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iwjJEAAAQBAJ&dq=Felisa+Rinc%C3%B3n+de+Gautier+mayor+first+woman&pg=PT8 |title=Latino History Day by Day: A Reference Guide to Events |last2=Allen |first2=Tammy S. |date=2013-05-09 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=979-8-216-10943-3 |language=en}}

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