Paramount Theatre

Historical marker location:

2025 Broadway, Oakland, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and 21st Street, on the left on Broadway.)

Marker installed: 1976

The first female mayor in the U.S. was elected in California in 1887. Susanna M. Salter was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas, but she was born in California and later moved to Kansas with her husband.