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Historical marker location:

7220 Central Avenue, Newark, California

( Marker can be reached from Central Avenue near Morton Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1984

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.