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First women mayors

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Elizabeth Blackwell

American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910)

Italian politician (1978)

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

English physician and feminist (1836-1917)

American politician and 43rd Mayor of Los Angeles

American politician (1975–2025)

Susanna M. Salter

American politician and activist (1860–1961)

Turkish statesperson (1911–1996)

Hazel McCallion

Canadian politician (1921–2023)

Charlotte Whitton

Canadian politician (1896-1975)

Ethiopian politician; current Mayor of Addis Ababa

Canadian politician and mayor of Montreal

María Domínguez

Spanish journalist

Gisela Mota Ocampo

Mexican politician

South African politician

Rohey Malick Lowe

Gambian politician

Icelandic politician (1911-1999)

Fatimetou Mint Abdel Malick

Mauritanian politician

Canadian politician

American mayor (1917–2014)

Brazilian politician (1897-1963)

Pilar Careaga Basabe

first female engineer from Spain and also a politician (1908-1993)

Miriam Feirberg

Israeli politician

Canadian activist and politician

Canadian mayor (1924-2017)

Milagros Tolón

Spanish politician

Joyce Newton-Thompson

South African politician and author

Joyce Chepkoech Korir

Kenyan politician, mayor of Bomet

Turkish statesperson (1901–1990)

Matilde Pérez Mollá

Spanish politician (1856-1934)