Historical Marker

Chowchilla Union High School

Historical marker location:
805 Humboldt Avenue, Chowchilla, California
( Marker is on Humboldt Avenue south of South 8th Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 2016

1916 - 2016.

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.