Roots From Another Land

Historical marker location:

1799 Estudillo Avenue, San Leandro, California

( Marker can be reached from Estudillo Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2012

Lake Chabot Historical Walk.

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.