Rocha Adobe

Historical marker location:

2400 S Shenandoah St, Los Angeles, California

( Marker can be reached from South Shenandoah Street south of Cadillac Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1933

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.