Sherman Rose Inn

Historical marker location:

537 Houston Street, Monterey, California

( Marker is on Houston Street south of Pearl Street, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2004

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.