Hooker Oak

Historical marker location:

1927 Manzanita Avenue, Chico, California

( Marker is on Manzanita Avenue east of Hooker Oak Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1987

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.