Laura de Force Gordon

Historical marker location:

1900 K Street, Sacramento, California

( Marker is at the intersection of 19th Street and K Street, on the right when traveling north on 19th Street.)

Marker installed: 2020

19th Amendment Outdoor Museum.

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.