Garnier Building

Historical marker location:

419 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California

( Marker is on Los Angeles Street north of U.S. 101, on the right when traveling south.)

1890.

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.