Historical Marker
Captain Shorey
Historical marker location:
327 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, California
( Marker is at the intersection of The Embarcadero and Folsom Street, on the right when traveling west on The Embarcadero.)
Marker installed: 2013
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.