Chapman Building

Historical marker location:

756 S Broadway, Los Angeles, California

( Marker is at the intersection of Broadway and 8th Street, on the left when traveling south on Broadway.)

Marker installed: 2007

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.