Point Vicente Lighthouse

Historical marker location:

31550 Palos Verdes Drive West, Rancho Palos Verdes, California

( Marker can be reached from Palos Verdes Drive West, ½ mile south of Hawthorne Boulevard.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.