Historical Marker
The Lion
Historical marker location:
11098 Bodger Street, El Monte, California
( Marker is on Bodger Street east of Tyler Avenue, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1980
El Monte Historical Monument.
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.