Historical Marker
State Theatre
Historical marker location:
800 Ferry Street, Martinez, California
( Marker is at the intersection of Ferry Street and Ward Street, on the left when traveling north on Ferry Street.)
Marker installed: 2004
800 Ferry Street.
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.