Historic Best Building

Historical marker location:

1300 East 14th Street, San Leandro, California

( Marker is at the intersection of East 14th Street (California Route 185) and Estudillo Avenue, on the left when traveling south on East 14th Street.)

1910.

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.