Lincoln Park, 1909

Historical marker location:

Alameda, California

( Marker is on High Street north of Central Avenue, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 2016

City Historical Monument #15.

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.