Susanna Madora Salter-First Woman Mayor

Salter, Susanna Madora

In 1887 Susanna Salter, a 27-year old temperance activist, became the first woman in the United States to be elected to the position of mayor. The town was Argonia, Kansas, a small Quaker village with a population of less than five hundred that had only incorporated in 1885. She was nominated, without notification, by men intent upon embarrassing and defeating temperance. Local Republicans u...

Susanna Madora Salter's Campaign for Mayor, 1887

Mrs. W. A. Swartwood's Campaign for City Council, 1887