List of first women mayors (20th century)

1906

Lady Margaret Dockrell, first woman chair of the Urban District Council of Monkstown, Ireland, United Kingdom ^[1]

1908

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first woman mayor in England and first female mayor of Aldeburgh, United Kingdom ^[2]

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1910

Sarah Lees, first woman mayor of Oldham, in Lancashire, England ^[3]

Gwenllian Morgan, first woman mayor of Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom

first woman mayor in Wales^[4]

1911

Kate F. O'Connor, first woman mayor of Arcadia, Illinois, United States ^[5]

Ella Wilson, first woman mayor of Hunnewell, Kansas ^[6]

1912

Clara C. Munson, first woman mayor of Warrenton, Oregon, United States

also the first woman elected mayor following the passage of the equal suffrage law in Oregon.^[7] 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.^[8]

Mary E. Woolley Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Kanab, Utah, United States

Susan Wissler, mayor of Dayton, Wyoming, United States

Wissler was the first woman mayor in Wyoming^[9]

1913

H.C. Defenhaugh, first woman elected mayor in Tyro, Kansas, United States ^[10]

1914

Clara Latourell Larsson, first woman elected mayor of Troutdale, Oregon, United States ^[11]

1915

Angela Rose Canfield, first woman mayor of Warren, Illinois, United States ^[12]

Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of mayor of Los Angeles, California, United States

This 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.^[13]

1916

Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of Sawtelle, United States ^[14]

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

was appointed by the city council^[15]

Mary Alice Partington, first woman mayor of Glossop, in Derbyshire ^[16][17]

1917

Avis Francis, first woman mayor of Valley Center, Kansas, United States ^[18]

Ophelia "Birdie" Crosby Harwood, mayor of Marble Falls, Texas, United States

also the first woman mayor in Texas, elected by an all-male vote three years before women were allowed to vote.^[19]

Marian Newhall Horwitz, first woman who served as mayor of Moore Haven, Florida, United States ^[20]

also first woman mayor in Florida

Laura Jane Starcher, first woman elected mayor of Umatilla, Oregon, United States ^[21]

1918

Blanch Shelley, first woman elected mayor of Sandy, Oregon, United States ^[22]

Maria Skobtsova, first woman mayor in the Russian Empire and first female mayor of Anapa, Russia ^[23]

1919

Helen B. Coe, first woman elected mayor of Langley, Washington, United States

was elected with an all-woman city council^[24]

Ada Summers, first woman elected mayor of Stalybridge, in Cheshire, England ^[25]

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1920

Hattie Barnes Adkisson, first woman mayor of Jewett, Texas, United States, ^[26]

Ellen Chapman, first woman elected mayor of Worthing, in West Sussex, England ^[27]

Lula V. Coleman first woman mayor of Jena, Louisiana, United States

Coleman, who was serving as deputy sheriff of LaSalle Parish, was appointed mayor by Governor John M. Parker, making her the first woman to serve as mayor in Louisiana^[28]

Nora Gammon, first woman mayor of Thebes, Illinois, United States ^[29][30]

Louise Fussman, mayor Humboldt, Kansas, United States ^[30]

Grace B. Lampshire, first woman elected mayor of Burns, Oregon, United States

also the first woman elected mayor in Oregon by write-in vote^[31]

Grace Miller, first woman elected mayor of Jackson, Wyoming, United States ^[32]

Bernice Pitts, first woman to execute the office of mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States

Pitts, a student at Richmond School, served as mayor in place of George Luis Baker for five minutes^[33]

1921

Ellen M. Anderson, first woman mayor of Lantana, Florida, United States ^[34]

Léonie Keingiaert de Gheluvelt, first woman elected mayor of Gheluvelt, Belgium

also the first woman elected mayor in Belgium

Lillian Cox Gault, first woman elected mayor of St. Peter, Minnesota, United States

also the first woman to serve as mayor in Minnesota^[35][36]

Christiana Hartley, first woman elected mayor of Southport, in Lancashire, England ^[27]

Amy A. Kaukonen, first woman elected mayor in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, United States ^[37][38][39]

Mayme Ousley, first woman elected mayor of St. James, Missouri, United States

Ousley was also the first woman elected mayor in the state of Missouri

Mary Peterson, first woman elected mayor of Red Cloud, Nebraska, United States ^[40]

Florence J. Pierce, first woman elected mayor of Goodhue, Minnesota, United States ^[41]

Dolly Spencer, first woman elected mayor of Milford, Ohio, United States ^[42]

Alice Harrell Strickland, first woman elected mayor of Duluth, Georgia, United States

Strickland was the first woman elected mayor in the state of Georgia^[43][44]

Clara Winterbotham, first woman elected mayor of Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire, England ^[27]

1922

Beatrice Anna Cartwright, first woman elected mayor of Brackley, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom ^[45]

Dr. Josie Rogers, first woman mayor of Daytona, Florida, United States ^[46]

Ada Salter, mayor of Bermondsey, first woman mayor in London ^[47]

Maude R. Satterthwaite, first woman mayor of Stonewall, North Carolina, United States ^[48]

1923

Catherine Alderton, first woman mayor of Colchester, England, United Kingdom ^[49]

Emma J. Harvat, first woman elected mayor of Iowa City, Iowa, United States

first woman in the United States to be elected mayor of a city with more than 10,000 inhabitants^[50]

Mary McFadden, first woman mayor of Magnetic Springs, Ohio, United States

was appointed by the city council at the age of 80.^[51]

Janet Stancomb-Wills, first woman mayor of Ramsgate, England, United Kingdom ^[52]

1924

Kathrine M. Cowan, first woman mayor of Wilmington, North Carolina, United States ^[53]

Lucy Dales, first woman elected mayor of Dunstable, England, United Kingdom ^[54]

Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of Signal Hill, California, United States

also Signal Hill's first mayor^[55]

Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of Sunnyvale, California, United States

Carrie Maude Eve, first woman elected mayor of Stoke Newington, in London, England ^[56]

Alice U. Kerr, first woman elected mayor of Edmonds, Washington, United States ^[57]

Ethel Leach, first woman elected mayor of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England ^[56]

Mary Mercer, first woman elected mayor of Birkenhead, in Cheshire, England ^[56]

Matilde Pérez Mollá, first woman elected mayor in Spain, (city of Gorga, Spain)

Mildred Putnam, first woman elected mayor of Stoutsville, Missouri, United States ^[58]

1925

Rosa Belle Eaddy Woodberry Dickson,^[59] first woman elected mayor in South Carolina and first woman elected mayor of Johnsonville, South Carolina

Rebecca Estell Bourgeois Winston, first woman elected mayor in New Jersey, United States ,^[60]

first mayor and founder of Estell Manor^[61]

Maude Duncan, first woman elected mayor of Winslow, Arkansas, United States ^[62]

Maggie Skipwith Smith, first woman elected mayor in Louisiana, United States ^[63]

1926

Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of Richmond, California, United States ^[64]

Bertha Knight Landes, first woman mayor of Seattle, Washington, United States

first woman mayor of a major American city^[65]

Aasa Helgesen, first woman elected mayor of Utsira Municipality and first female mayor in Norway

1927

Alzira Soriano de Souza, first female appointed mayor in Brazil

also first female mayor of Lages

Fanne Gaar, first woman elected mayor in Arizona, mayor of Casa Grande, Arizona, United States ^[66]

Margaret Beavan, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Liverpool, England, United Kingdom

first woman lord mayor in the United Kingdom

Lucia Foster Welch, first woman elected Mayor of Southampton, England, United Kingdom

1928

Leah Arcouet Chiles, first woman elected mayor of Kenilworth Park, North Carolina, United States ^[67]

Lena Culver Hawkins, first woman mayor of Brooksville, Florida, United States

Ella L. Maddocks, first woman mayor of Owls Head, Maine, United States

"Mayor" was an honorary title chosen by the Owls Head Select Committee.^[68]

May B. Hopkins, first woman elected mayor of Redondo Beach, California, United States ^[69]

Alzira Soriano, first woman elected mayor in Latin America, mayor of Lajes, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

1929

Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of Eureka, California, United States ^[70]

Bessie Moore, first woman elected mayor of Candor (village), New York, United States ^[71]

Moore won by write-in vote and refused to take the oath of office^[72]

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1930

A. F. Board, first woman elected mayor of Watford, England, United Kingdom ^[73]

Sadiye Hanım, first woman elected mayor in Turkey when elected for Kılıçkaya in Artvin

Essie Ward, first woman elected mayor of King City, Missouri, United States ^[74]

Luiza Zavloschi, first woman elected mayor in Romania when elected for Buda (Bogdănești)

1931

Clara E. Grauert, the 72-year-old widow of Emile W. Grauert chosen to fill the office of her husband as mayor of Weehawken, New Jersey^[75]

Miriam Moses, first woman elected mayor of Stepney, England, United Kingdom ^[76]

also the first Jewish woman mayor in the United Kingdom

Phenie Lou Ownby, first woman elected mayor of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States ^[77]

Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of Pacific Grove, California, United States ^[78]

Grace Prescott, first woman elected mayor of Godmanchester, England, United Kingdom ^[79]

1932

Stella Alexander, first woman elected mayor of Issaquah, Washington, United States ^[80]

Edna Allen, first woman elected mayor of Jefferson, Oregon, United States ^[81]

Elsie Kimber, first woman elected mayor of Newbury, England, United Kingdom ^[82]

June G. Olsen, first woman elected mayor of Ekalaka, Montana, United States ^[83]

1933

Elena Azcuy, first woman mayor of Consolación del Norte, Cuba ^[84]

Azcuy was the first woman to serve as mayor of a Cuban municipality.

Doris W. Bradway, first woman mayor of Wildwood, New Jersey, United States ^[85]

Lily Sophia Tawney, first woman elected mayor of Oxford, England, United Kingdom

in 1960, the title was changed to Lord Mayor of Oxford.

Clara Marie Emma Heiser, first woman elected mayor of Ellsworth, Kansas, United States ^[86]

1934

Mrs. Solomon S. Youmans, first woman mayor of Oak Park, Georgia, United States ^[87]

1935

Alicia Cañas, first female elected mayor in Chile, the first of Providencia

Louise Bucks, first woman elected mayor of Waconia, Minnesota, United States ^[88]

1936

Ella M. Amdahl, first woman elected mayor of Hingham, Montana, United States ^[89]

Aurora Mesa Andraca, first woman mayor of Chilpancingo, Mexico ^[90]

Barbara Hanley, first woman elected mayor in Canada when elected to office in Webbwood, Ontario ^[91]

Evalina Herd, first woman elected mayor of Kevin, Montana, United States ^[92]

Ann Eliza Longden, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

1937

Mary Lucy Kyle Hartson, first woman elected mayor of Kyle, Texas, United States ^[93]

Ines V. Serion, first woman elected mayor in Philippines—elected in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental

Kathrine Wykle, mayor of Clyde, New York, United States

also the first woman mayor in New York^[94]

1938

Nellie Babcock, first woman mayor of Rochester, Indiana, United States ^[95]

Lilian Fowler, first woman mayor in Australia, at Newtown ^[96]

Lady Gwladys Delamere, first woman mayor of Nairobi, Kenya Colony (today Kenya) ^[97]

Nettie Terrill, first woman elected mayor of Dixon, Wyoming, United States

Terrill ran unopposed^[98]

1939

Kathleen Clarke, first woman Lord Mayor of Dublin, Ireland

Graciela Contreras, first woman elected mayor in Santiago, Chile

Alice Burke, first woman elected as mayor in New England—in Westfield, Massachusetts, United States ^[99]

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1940

Mary Ellen Presnell Brendle, first woman mayor of Englewood, Tennessee, United States ^[100][101]

1941

Elsie Chamberlain, first woman mayor of Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales, United Kingdom ^[102]

Marie Elizabeth May Bell, first woman mayor of Windhoek, South West Africa (today Namibia)

Edna Annie Crichton, first woman Lord Mayor of York, England, United Kingdom

1942

Gladys Maasdorp, first woman mayor of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (today Harare, Zimbabwe)

Jessie Beatrice Kitson, first woman Lord Mayor of Leeds, England, United Kingdom

took office after the previous male holder, Arthur Clark, died in office

Jessie Reed, first woman elected mayor of Seal Beach, California, United States ^[103]

1943

Edith May Greenan, first woman to serve as mayor of Avalon, New Jersey, United States ^[104]

Nellie Grace Ibbott, first woman mayor of Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia ^[105]

1945

Mary Dondero, first woman mayor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States ^[106]

Ursula Meisterernst, first woman mayor of Arnstadt, Germany

Meisterernst was the first woman to serve as mayor in Germany.

Mabel Nielsen, first woman mayor of Panguitch, Utah, United States ^[107]

Odette Roux, first woman mayor of Les Sables-d'Olonne and the first woman mayor in France

Walker, first woman mayor of Lisle (village), New York, United States ^[108]

1946

Virginia Oteyza-De Guia, first woman mayor of Baguio, Philippines ^[109]

Doris Barnes, first woman elected mayor of Wrangell, Alaska, United States ^[110]

Truus Smulders-Beliën, first woman mayor of Oost-, West- en Middelbeers and the first woman mayor in Netherlands

Luise Albertz, first woman elected mayor in Oberhausen and the first elected female mayor (Oberbürgermeisterin) in Germany

Felisa Rincón de Gautier, first woman mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico

first woman mayor of a capital city in United States soil

Ninetta Bartoli and Ada Natali, first women mayors in Italy, elected on the same day^[111][112]

1947

Juliet M. Gregory, first woman elected mayor of Missoula, Montana, United States ^[113]

Mary Kingsmill Jones, first elected female Lord Mayor of Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Louise Schroeder, first female mayor of Berlin, Germany

1948

Zenzi Hölzl, first female mayor of Gloggnitz and also the first female mayor in Austria

Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of Sacramento, California, United States

Mildred Stark, first female mayor of East Detroit (now Eastpointe), Michigan^[114]

also first female mayor in Michigan

1949

Gertrude A. Richardson, first woman mayor of Taree, New South Wales, Australia ^[115]

also the first woman mayor of a municipality in New South Wales

Beryl Archbald Crichlow, first female mayor of San Fernando, and the first woman elected mayor in Trinidad and Tobago

Dorothy McCullough Lee, first woman mayor of Portland, Oregon, United States

Edith P. Welty, first woman mayor of Yonkers, New York, United States ^[116]

Salawati Daud, first woman mayor of Makassar, Indonesia and the first female mayor in Indonesia

Bertha Trim, first woman elected mayor of Plainview, Minnesota, United States ^[117]

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1950

Dorothy Davis, first woman mayor of Washington, Virginia, United States ^[118]

Kathleen Harper, first woman to serve as mayor of Bath, England, United Kingdom ^[119]

Jacquetta Marshall, first woman mayor of Plymouth, England, United Kingdom

Dorothy Painter Crawford, first woman elected mayor in Mississippi, Madison, Mississippi^[120]

Erika Keck, first woman elected mayor in Ahrensburg and the first elected female mayor (Bürgermeisterin) in Germany

Katharine Elkus White, first woman mayor of Red Bank, New Jersey, United States

Müfide İlhan, first woman elected mayor in Turkey and of Mersin

Augustine Magdalena Waworuntu, first woman mayor of Manado, Indonesia ^[121]

Rohana Muthalib, first woman mayor of Pontianak, Indonesia ^[122]

1951

Blanche Barkl, first woman mayor of Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia ^[123]

Miriam Cummings, first woman elected mayor of Mill Valley, California, United States

Rebekah H. Hord, first woman mayor in Kentucky and Maysville, Kentucky, United States

Emily L. Perry, first woman mayor of Floyd, Iowa, United States ^[124]

Charlotte Whitton, first woman elected mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Olga Maturana, first woman elected mayor of Pichilemu, Chile

Vera Martucci, first woman appointed mayor of Teterboro, New Jersey, United States ^[125]

1952

Violet Grantham, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Alice S. Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Boston, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom

Martha Priscilla Shaw, first woman elected Mayor of Sumter, South Carolina, United States ^[126]

1953

Elsie Gibbons, first woman elected mayor of a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec ^[127]

Agnes Israelson, first woman elected mayor in Thief River Falls, Minnesota, United States

1954

Dorothy Porter, first woman elected mayor in Nevada and first woman elected mayor of North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ^[128]

Dorothy N. Dolbey, first woman elected mayor in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ^[129]

Emílie Knotková, first woman elected mayor in Liberec, Czechoslovakia

Olive Louise Urquhart, first woman mayor of Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada ^[130]

also the first woman mayor in Quebec

Adela Van Severen, first woman mayor of Santa Tecla, El Salvador

also the first woman mayor in the country^[131]

1955

Ragina Balas, first woman elected mayor of Ferry Village, New York, United States ^[132]

Jane Forrester, first woman elected mayor of Belleville, Ontario, Canada ^[133]

Maud Godsmark, first woman elected mayor of Gatooma, Southern Rhodesia (now Kadoma, Zimbabwe) ^[134]

Alba Roballo, first woman elected to the (then collective) Municipal Council of Montevideo, Uruguay

Mary Van Stevens, first woman elected mayor of Heppner, Oregon, United States ^[135]

1956

Maria Desylla-Kapodistria, first woman elected mayor in Greece and of Corfu (city)

Dorothy Edwards, first woman elected mayor in Tasmania, Australia and of Launceston ^[136]

Hannah Levin, first woman mayor of Rishon LeZion, Israel

Smt. Sulochana M. Modi, first woman elected mayor in Mumbai, India

Myrth Sarvela, first woman elected mayor of Sitka, Alaska, United States ^[137]

Mary Estus Jones Webb, first woman to serve as Mayor-President of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States ^[138]

Winnifred Breward, first woman elected mayor of West Hartlepool, United Kingdom

1957

Lolita Cass, first mayor of Watkins Glen, New York, United States ^[139]

Josephine Fey, first woman mayor in Laramie, Wyoming, United States ^[140]

Hulda Dóra Jakobsdóttir, first woman elected mayor in Kópavogur and first female mayor in Iceland

Elizabeth Hall, first woman mayor of Sag Harbor, New York^[141]

Betty Potter, first woman mayor of Mount Kisco, New York, United States ^[142]

1958

Aruna Asaf Ali, first woman elected mayor in Delhi, India

Tara Cherian, first woman elected mayor in Chennai, India

Iris Winnifred King, first woman elected mayor in Kingston, Jamaica

Aldamira Guedes Fernandes, first woman elected mayor in Brazil and also first female mayor of Quixeramobim

Ester Roa, first woman elected mayor in Concepción, Chile

Mary Pearce, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Leeds, England, United Kingdom

1959

Barbara Ashton, first woman elected mayor of Que Que, Southern Rhodesia (today Kwekwe, Zimbabwe) ^[143]

Helena Evans, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Jane Dowdall, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Cork, Ireland

Joyce Newton-Thompson, first woman elected mayor of Cape Town, South Africa

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1960

Auður Auðuns, first woman mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland

Dame Jean Roberts, first woman Lord Provost of Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

first woman lord provost. "Provost" is used instead of "mayor" in Scotland

Margot Brett, first woman mayor of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe)

Bessie Bicknell, first woman mayor of Bournemouth, England, United Kingdom

1961

Barbara Saben, first woman mayor of Kampala, Uganda

May Ross McDowell, first woman elected mayor of Johnson City, Tennessee, United States ^[144]

Violet Kusbel Cimbora, first woman elected mayor in Florida. Mayor of Masaryktown, Florida, United States

Myrtle Reed, first woman mayor of Grand River, Ohio, United States

1962

Araguacy Gonçalves, first woman elected mayor of Antônio Gonçalves, Bahia, Brazil

Eleanor P. Sheppard, first woman elected mayor of Richmond, Virginia, United States ^[145]

Leonida Tămaș, first woman mayor of Timișoara, Romania

1963

Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of Rolling Hills, California, United States ^[146]

Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of Vallejo, California, United States ^[147]

Marian Erdmann, first woman elected mayor of Great Falls, Montana, United States ^[148]

Ann Hitch Kilgore, first woman mayor of Hampton, Virginia, United States

Anita Fernandini de Naranjo, first woman mayor of Lima, Peru

Florence Mills Brown, first woman elected lord mayor of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

1964

Lenore Bishop, first woman mayor of Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

also first woman mayor in South Australia^[149]

Vera Kolarič, first woman mayor of Maribor (present Slovenia)

Margaret H. Prickett, first woman elected mayor of Mishawaka, Indiana, United States ^[150]

1965

Norma O. Walker, first woman mayor of Aurora, Colorado, United States

Annie Major, first elected female Lord mayor of Kingston upon Hull, England, United Kingdom

Florence Kathleen Lower, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Maxine Patterson, first woman elected mayor of Edgerton, Wyoming, United States ^[151]

Grace Onyango, first woman elected mayor of Kisumu, Kenya

also the first African woman who was a mayor of an African city^[152]

1966

Sarita Baracat, first woman mayor of Várzea Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Katherine Green, became the first female mayor of Eureka Spring, Arkansas.

Constance Cummings-John, first appointed woman mayor of Freetown, Sierra Leone

Bernice Stokke, first woman mayor of Petersburg, Alaska, United States ^[153]

1967

Norma Villareal de Zambrano, first woman mayor in Mexico

Ann Uccello, first woman mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Grace Hartman, first woman mayor of Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Janet Wesonga, first woman mayor of Mbale, Uganda

Mary "Peggy" Kerr, first woman mayor of Sayreville, New Jersey, United States

was elected with three female councilwomen, creating the first female-majority municipal government in New Jersey

Nellie Robinson, first woman mayor of Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

also the first woman mayor in Queensland^[154]

Marie Madoé Sivomey, first woman mayor of Lomé, Togo

also the first woman mayor in the country^[155]

1968

Silvia Boza, first woman mayor of Las Condes, Chile

Lise Girardin, first woman mayor of Geneva, Switzerland

Hsu Shih-Hsien, first woman elected mayor of Chiayi City and the first woman elected mayor in Taiwan ^[156]

Rena Parker, first woman mayor of Corona, California, United States ^[157]

Jean Robinson, first woman elected mayor of Blackpool, England, United Kingdom ^[158]

1969

Pilar Careaga Basabe, first woman mayor of Bilbao, Spain

Eve Homeyer, first woman elected mayor of Aspen, Colorado, United States ^[159]

Viola Phillips, first woman mayor elected in Loveland, Ohio, United States

also first woman mayor in Hamilton County^[160]

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1970

Margaret Kenyatta, first black female mayor of Nairobi, Kenya

Dabir Azam Hosna, first woman elected mayor of Babolsar, Iran ^[161]

Colette Flesch, first woman elected mayor of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

1971

Patience Latting, first woman elected mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States ^[162]

Latting was also the first female mayor of any major U.S. city with more than 350,000 residents.^[162]

Kathryn Kirschbaum, first woman elected mayor of Davenport, Iowa, United States ^[163]

Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of Santa Cruz, California, United States ^[164]

Norene Mosley, first woman elected mayor of Polson, Montana, United States ^[165]

1972

Mila Elaine Cameron, first woman elected mayor of Point Comfort, Texas, United States ^[166]

Ellen Walker Craig-Jones, first woman elected mayor of Urbancrest, Ohio, United States

also the first African-American woman to be elected mayor by popular vote of a United States municipality.

Phyllis Loe, first woman elected Lord mayor of Portsmouth, United Kingdom

Jane Bigelow, first woman mayor of London, Ontario, Canada

Stella Harris Oaks, first woman to serve as mayor of Vernal, Utah, United States ^[167]

Oaks was served as acting mayor

Marian Perry Whitehurst, first woman mayor of Chesapeake, Virginia, United States

1973

Jemima Cook, first woman elected mayor of Twin Bridges, Montana, United States ^[168]

Doris A. Davis, first woman mayor of Compton, California, United States

Lelia Foley, first woman mayor of Taft, Oklahoma ^[169]

Eileen Lloyd, first woman elected mayor of Keansburg, New Jersey, United States

Marjorie Alice Brown, first woman elected Lord mayor of Birmingham, United Kingdom

Julianne M. Jensen was elected the first woman mayor of Knoxville, Iowa, United States

Barbara Impellittiere, first woman elected mayor of Cold Spring, New York, United States ^[170]

Jane Tolmach first woman elected Mayor of Oxnard, California, United States

1974

Diane L. Bervig, First elected Mayor of Williston, North Dakota, United States A chance meeting, a day of fun

Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected mayor of San Jose, California, United States ^[171]

Hayes was also the first female mayor of a major U.S. city with more than 500,000 residents.^[171]

Eleanor Kieliszek, first woman elected mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, United States ^[172]

Anne Kaplan, first woman mayor of Monticello, New York, United States ^[173]

1975

Ruth Blankman, first woman elected mayor of Canton, New York, United States ^[174]

Helen Boosalis, first woman elected mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, United States

Mary Byrne, first woman elected mayor of Galway, Ireland

Ione Christensen, first woman elected mayor of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada

Lila Cockrell, first woman elected mayor of San Antonio, Texas, United States

Joy Cummings, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Newcastle (New South Wales), Australia

Beth Finch, first woman elected mayor of Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States ^[175]

Betty Edmondson, first woman mayor of Yakima, Washington, United States ^[176]

Evelyn Helena Parker, first woman mayor of Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia

also the first woman mayor in Western Australia^[177]

Connie Ames Peters, first woman elected mayor of Wichita, Kansas, United States ^[178]

Jeannette Plambeck, first woman mayor of Burns, Wyoming, United States ^[179]

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

also first woman elected mayor in Nassau County, New York^[180]

Ella Stack, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Darwin, Australia

1976

Unita Blackwell, first African American woman elected mayor in Mississippi, United States ^[181]

served as Mayor of Mayersville, Mississippi from 1976 to 2001

Sofía Medina de López, first woman elected mayor of Medellín, Colombia

Adelina Rodriguez, first woman elected mayor of Quezon City, Philippines

Margaret Hance, first woman elected mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, United States ^[182]

Adlene Harrison, first woman mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States

Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of Arcadia, California, United States ^[183][184]

Dorothy Wilken, first woman elected mayor of Boca Raton, Florida, United States ^[185]

Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of Laguna Beach, California, United States ^[186]

1977

Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey^[187]

Isabella Cannon, first woman elected mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina, United States ^[188]

Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of Santa Paula, California, United States ^[189]

Joyce Ebert, first woman to serve as mayor of Everett Washington, United States ^[190]

Carole Keeton Strayhorn, first woman elected mayor of Austin, Texas, United States

Betty Marshall, first woman elected mayor of York, Pennsylvania, United States ^[191]

Suzi Oppenheimer, first woman elected mayor of Mamaroneck (village), New York, United States ^[192]

Mathilde Schroyens, first woman elected mayor of Antwerp, Belgium

1978

Dianne Feinstein, first woman and first person of Jewish faith to serve as mayor of San Francisco, United States

Feinstein was appointed mayor on 4 December 1978 following the shooting death of her predecessor, George Moscone. In 1979, she became the first woman elected Mayor of San Francisco.

Enma González, first elected female mayor of Vigo, Spain

Dusty Miller, first woman elected Mayor of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

Marjorie Carroll, first woman elected mayor of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Helen Wilkes, first woman to become mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida, United States ^[193]

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

also served 1983 to 1984^[194]

Carrie Kent, first African-American woman mayor of Walthourville, Georgia, United States ^[195]

1979

Núria Albó, first woman elected mayor of La Garriga, Spain

Jane M. Byrne, first woman elected mayor of Chicago, Illinois, United States, United States

Byrne was also the first female mayor of any United States city with more than 3 million residents.

Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of Santa Monica, California, United States

Delitha Kilgore, first woman elected mayor of Lewiston, Idaho, United States ^[196]

Virginia Smith, first woman mayor of Ticonderoga, New York, United States ^[197]

Regina Zokosky, first woman elected mayor of Indio, California, United States ^[198]

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1980

Janice Bateman, first woman mayor of Berwick, Victoria, Australia ^[199]

Sr. Carolyn Farrell, first woman elected mayor of Dubuque, Iowa, United States ^[200]

Farrell was the first nun elected mayor in Iowa

Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of Pasadena, California, United States ^[201]

Patricia Logan, first woman elected mayor of Noblesville, Indiana, United States

Janet Smith, first woman elected mayor of St. Albans (city), Vermont, United States

less than a week after she was sworn-in Smith was shot and killed at her home.^[202] Barbara Shinpoch, first woman mayor of Renton, Washington, United States.^[203]

1981

Joy Burgess, first woman elected mayor of Milwaukie, Oregon, United States ^[204]

Ruth Burleigh, first woman elected mayor of Bend, Oregon, United States ^[205]

Juanita Crabb, first woman elected Mayor of Binghamton, New York, United States ^[206]

Eileen Anderson, first woman elected mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Maria Barnaby Greenwald, first woman elected mayor of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States

previously served from 1977 to 1979 as chosen by city council

Violet Khouri, first woman elected mayor of Kafr Yasif and the first female mayor in Israel

Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of Bakersfield, California, United States ^[207]

Deborah Ponder Baker, first woman mayor of Hot Springs, North Carolina, United States ^[208]

Dr. G. M. Wells, first woman elected mayor of Enterprise, Kansas, United States ^[209]

1982

Claudette Kaye McCrary, first woman elected mayor of Casper, Wyoming, United States ^[210]

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

Tina Tomlje, first woman mayor of Ljubljana, present Slovenia

Grace Bannister, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Belfast, United Kingdom

Patricia Rustad, first woman elected mayor of Beaconsfield, Quebec, Canada ^[211]

Kit Ward, first woman mayor of Nuneaton and Bedworth, England, United Kingdom ^[212]

Sue Marie Young, first woman elected mayor of Richfield, Utah, United States ^[213]

1983

Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington, first woman elected Lord Mayor of London, England, United Kingdom

Luiza Erundina, first woman elected mayor of São Paulo, Brasil

Wendy Chapman, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Australia

Edith Henningsgaard, first woman elected mayor of Astoria, Oregon, United States

Elizabeth Kishkon, first woman elected mayor of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Sue Miller, first woman elected mayor of Salem, Oregon, United States ^[214]

Eve Poole, first woman elected mayor of Invercargill, New Zealand

Elda Pucci, first woman elected mayor of Palermo, Italy

also the first female mayor of an Italian city

Catherine Tizard, first woman elected mayor of Auckland, New Zealand ^[215]

Helen Westberg, first woman mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, United States ^[216]

1984

Daurene Lewis, first black female mayor in Nova Scotia, Canada (Annapolis Royal) ^[217]

Mary Kate Stovall, first female, and first African American mayor of Hurtsboro, Alabama, United States

also first African-American woman mayor in the state of Alabama^[218][219]

Donna Owens, first woman elected Mayor of Toledo, Ohio, United States ^[220]

Karen Johnson, first woman elected mayor of Schenectady, New York, United States ^[221]

Elsie Wayne, first woman elected mayor of Saint John, New Brunswick Canada ^[222]

1985

Sallyanne Atkinson, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Australia

first woman member of the Liberal Party of Australia to serve as Lord Mayor^[223]

Ella Bengel, first woman elected mayor of New Bern, North Carolina, United States ^[224]

Dee Donne, first woman elected mayor of Torrington, Connecticut, United States ^[225]

Bogdana Glumac-Levakov, first woman elected mayor of Zrenjanin, present Serbia

Shirley Huffman, first woman elected mayor of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States ^[226]

Lorna Kesterson, first woman elected mayor of Henderson, Nevada, United States ^[227]

Karen Kirby, first woman elected mayor of Miami Shores, Florida, United States ^[228][229]

Gerri Lynn O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada ^[230]

Ann Pomykal, first woman elected mayor of Lewisville, Texas, United States ^[231]

Joan Barr, first woman elected mayor of Evanston, Illinois, United States ^[232]

Kristi M. Vetri, first woman elected mayor of O'Fallon, Illinois, United States ^[233]

1986

Julene Kennerly, first woman elected mayor of Browning, Montana, United States

also the first Native American woman elected mayor in the United States^[234]

Alexis Ord, first woman elected mayor of Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Australia

Gretchen Brewin, first woman elected mayor of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Doone Kennedy, first woman elected Lord Mayor of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ^[235]

Maria Luíza Fontenele, first woman elected mayor of Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil

Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of San Diego, California, United States

Jessie M. Rattley, first woman and African American elected by fellow Council members as mayor of the City of Newport News, Virginia, United States ^[236]

Lois Reed, first woman elected mayor of Malinta, Ohio, United States

Reed served for ten minutes before tendering her resignation^[237]

Willie Mae Leake, first woman and first African American mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania^[238][239]

1987

Maria Magnani Noya, first woman elected mayor of Turin, Italy

Carrie Saxon Perry, first woman elected mayor of Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Sandra Warshaw Freedman, first woman elected mayor of Tampa, Florida, United States ^[240]

May Cutler, first woman elected mayor of Westmount, Quebec, Canada

Sue Myack, first woman elected mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Lottie Shackelford, first woman to serve as mayor of Little Rock, Arkansas, United States ^[241]

Laura Slate, first woman elected mayor of Gouverneur, New York, United States ^[242]

Annette Strauss, first woman elected mayor of Dallas, Texas, United States ^[243]

Betty Turner, first woman elected mayor of Corpus Christi, Texas, United States ^[244]

Helen Perkins, first woman elected mayor of Hollandale, Mississippi, United States

also the city's first African American mayor^[245]

1988

Agnes Devanadera, first woman elected mayor of Sampaloc, Quezon, Philippines

Elizabeth H. Dwarica, first woman elected mayor of Leonia, New Jersey, United States ^[246][247]

Luiza Erundina, first woman elected mayor of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Wilma de Faria, first woman elected mayor of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Eleanor McLaughlin, first woman Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sophie Masloff, first woman elected mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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

Joyce Trimmer, first woman elected mayor of Scarborough, Ontario, Canada ^[248]

Rosalia I. Umali, first woman elected Mayor of Calapan, Philippines

1989

Annette Jäger, first female mayor of Essen, Germany ^{[249][circular reference]}

Catherine Trautmann, first woman elected mayor of Strasbourg, France

Jan Reimer, first woman elected mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Vicki Buck, first woman elected mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand ^[250]

Krystyna Nesteruk, first woman elected mayor of Katowice, Poland

Janice Stork, first woman elected mayor of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States ^[251]

Suzie Azar, first woman elected mayor of El Paso, Texas, United States

Martha S. Wood, first woman elected mayor of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States ^[252]

Clementina Ródenas, first woman elected mayor of Valencia, Spain

Marguerite Balenguélé-Zarambaud, first woman mayor of Bangui, Central African Republic ^[253]