Beniamino Bufano

Historical marker location:

1644 North Broadway, Walnut Creek, California

( Marker can be reached from North Broadway south of Civic Drive.)

Marker installed: 2014

1898 - 1970.

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.