Balboa Pavilion

Historical marker location:

307 Main Street, Newport Beach, California

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Main Street and East Bay Avenue, on the left when traveling north.)

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.