Amador Ledger

Historical marker location:

11940 California 88, Martell, California

( Marker is on State Highway 88 east of Wicklow Way, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 1968

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.