Mount Shasta

Historical marker location:

235 West Alma Street, Mt. Shasta, California

( Marker can be reached from West Alma Street near Maple Street when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1979

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.