The American

Historical marker location:

1998 Montgomery Street, Oroville, California

( Marker is on Montgomery Street (Business California Route 70) just west of Myers Street, on the right when traveling west.)

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.