WOMEN MAYORS

This is a partial list of when American cities elected their first woman mayor, starting 100 years ago! (Full list here)

  • Jackson, WY - Grace Miller (1920)

  • Daytona, FL - Dr. Josie Rogers (1922)

  • Seattle, WA - Bertha Knight Landes (1926)

  • Portsmouth, NH - Mary Carey Dondero (1944)

  • Portland, ME - Helen Frost (1946)

  • San Juan, PR - Felisa Rincón de Gautier (1946)

  • Missoula, MT - Juliet Gregory (1947)

  • Portland, OR - Dorothy McCullough Lee (1949)

  • Cincinnati, OH - Dorothy Dolbey (1954)

  • Colorado Springs, CO - Mary Lou Makepeace (1995)

  • Baton Rouge, LA - Mary Estus Jones Webb (1956)

  • Richmond, VA - Eleanor Sheppard (1962)

  • Hartford, CT - Ann Uccello (1967)

  • Aspen, CO - Eve Homeyer (1969)

  • Oklahoma City, OK - Patience Latting (1971)

  • Cambridge, MA - Barbara Ackermann (1972)

  • Wichita, KS - Connie Ames Peters (1975)

  • Lincoln, NE - Helen Boosalis (1975)

  • Fayetteville, NC - Beth Finch (1975)

  • San Antonio, TX - Lila Cockrell (1975)

  • Phoenix, AZ - Margaret Hance (1976)

  • Cherry Hill, NJ - aria Barnaby Greenwald (1977)

  • Raleigh, NC - Isabella Cannon (1977)

  • Austin, TX - Carole Keeton Strayhorn (1977)

  • San Francisco, CA - Dianne Feinstein (1978)

  • West Palm Beach, FL - Helen Wilkes (1978)

  • Chicago, IL - Jane Byrne (1979)

  • Honolulu, HI - Eileen Anderson (1981)

  • Worcester, MA - Sara Robertson (1982)

  • Houston, TX - Kathryn Whitmire (1982)

  • Toledo, OH - Donna Owens (1984)

  • San Diego, CA - Maureen O'Connor (1986)

  • Charlotte, NC - Sue Myack (1987)

  • Dallas, TX - Annette Strauss (1987)

  • Virginia Beach, VA - Meyera Oberndorf (1988)

  • Winston-Salem, NC - Martha Wood (1989)

  • El Paso, TX - Suzie Azar (1989)

  • Shreveport, LA - Hazel Beard (1990)

  • Washington DC - Sharon PRatt Kelly (1990)

  • Savannah, GA - Susan Weiner (1991)

  • Maui, HI - Linda Lingle (1991)

  • Ann Arbor, MI - Elizabeth Brater (1991)

  • Tulsa, OK - Susan Savage (1992)

  • Salt Lake City, UT - Deedee Corradini (1992)

  • Minneapolis, MN - Sharon Sayles Belton (1994)

  • Santa Fe, NM - Debbie Jaramillo (1994)

  • Chapel Hill, NC - Rosemary Waldorf (1995)

  • Topeka, KS - Joan Wagnon (1997)

  • Kansas City, MO - Kay Barnes (1999)

  • Las Vegas, NV - Jan Laverty Jones (1999)

  • Atlanta, GA - Shirley Franklin (2001)

  • Annapolis, MD - Ellen O. Moyer (2001)

  • Dayton, OH - Jane Leaver (2001)

  • Cleavand, OH - Jane Campbell (2002)

  • Boise, ID - Carolyn Terteling-Payne (2003)

  • Miami Beach, FL - Patricia Christensen (2006)

  • Baltimore, MD - Sheila Dixon (2007)

  • Newport, RI - Jeanne-Marie Napolitano (2008)

  • Syracuse, NY - Stephanie Miner (2009)

  • Oakland, CA - Jean Quan (2011)

  • Knoxville, TN - Madeline Rogero (2011)

  • Omaha, NE - Jean Stothert (2013)

  • Albany, NY - Kathy Sheehan (2013)

  • Rochester, NY - Lovely Warren (2013)

  • Grand Rapids, MI - Rosalynn Bliss (2015)

  • Nashville, TN - Megan Barry (2015)

  • Saint Louis, MO - Lyda Krewson (2017)

  • Rochester, MN - Kim Norton (2018)

  • Charlottesville, VA - Nikuyah Walker (2018)