The following is a list of the first woman to serve as mayor of their respective municipalities.
1730s
1734
:Madame Malotteau, first woman to execute the office of mayor of Namur, Belgium
::Her husband served as mayor and following his death his colleagues requested she take over the mayoral duties.
1860s
1862
:Nancy Smith, first woman elected mayor in the United States in Oskaloosa, Iowa, United States but declined to serve as mayor.
1880s
1887
:Susanna M. Salter, the first woman to serve as mayor in United States as mayor of Argonia, Kansas, United States
1888
:Mary D. Lowman, the first woman elected mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, United States
::She served alongside the first all-woman city council in the United States.
1889
:America L. King, first woman mayor of Elk Falls, Kansas, United States
:Ella Miller, first woman mayor of Rossville, Kansas, United States
:Wilhelmina Morgan, first woman mayor of Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, United States
:Lucy Sullivan, the first woman mayor of Baldwin City, Kansas, United States
1890s
1890
:Belle Gray, first woman mayor of Canton, Kansas, United States
1891
:Mary E. Paxton, first woman mayor of Kiowa, Kansas, United States
:Elizabeth Vedder, first woman mayor of Haddam, Kansas, United States
1893
:Elizabeth Yates, first woman mayor in the British Empire and first female mayor of Onehunga, New Zealand
:Emma J. Barnes, elected the first woman mayor of Geuda Springs, Kansas, United States .
:Smith, first woman mayor of Wamego, Kansas, United States
1894
:Anna Austin, the first woman mayor of Pleasanton, Kansas, United States [population approx., 1,500]
1895
:Alice E. Burns, first woman mayor of Florence, Oregon, United States
::Burns was also the first woman elected in the state of Oregon. Women were elected to all other town offices as well.
:Antoinette L. Haskell, the first woman mayor of Gaylord, Kansas, United States
1896
:Clara A. Curtis, the first woman mayor of Cimarron, Kansas, United States
:May Burbank Wade, the first woman mayor of Ellis, Kansas, United States
::Wade served with an all-woman municipal government.
1897
:Anna M. Strain, the first woman mayor of Jamestown, Kansas, United States
1898
:Jesse Parker, first woman mayor of Kendrick, Idaho, United States
::also the first woman mayor in the state of Idaho.
1899
:Elizabeth Totten, first woman mayor of Beattie, Kansas, United States
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