1915 ::
Estelle Lawton Lindsey, first woman to execute the duties of
Mayor of Los Angeles, California :::it occurred when Los Angeles Mayor
Henry H. Rose was absent from his post in September 1915 and directed Lindsey, a member of the city council, to fill-in as acting mayor.
1916 ::
Ellen French Aldrich, first woman elected mayor of
Sawtelle, Los Angeles 1924 ::
Jesse Elwyn Nelson, first woman elected mayor of
Signal Hill, California ::
Edwina Benner, first woman elected mayor of
Sunnyvale, California 1926 ::
Mattle Chandler, first woman mayor of
Richmond, California 1928 ::
May B. Hopkins, first woman mayor of
Redondo Beach, California 1929 ::
Emily Jones, first woman elected mayor of
Eureka, California 1931 ::
Julia Platt, first woman elected mayor of
Pacific Grove, California 1941 ::
Helen Lawrence, first female mayor of
San Leandro, California 1942 ::
Jessie Reed, first female mayor of
Seal Beach, California 1947 ::
Carrie L. Hoyt, first female mayor of
Berkeley, California 1948 ::
Belle Cooledge, first female mayor of
Sacramento, California 1952 ::
Miriam Cummings (mayor), first woman elected mayor of
Mill Valley, California 1953 ::
Mabel Richey, first woman mayor of
Lodi, California 1963 ::
Teena Clifton, first woman mayor of
Rolling Hills, California ::
Florence E. Douglas, first woman elected mayor of
Vallejo, California 1968 ::
Rena Parker, first woman mayor of
Corona, California 1971 ::
Lorette Wood, first woman mayor of
Santa Cruz, California 1973 ::
Doris A. Davis, first woman and first African American woman elected mayor in the
City of Compton.
1974 ::
Janet Gray Hayes, first woman elected
Mayor of San Jose, California 1976 ::Floretta K. Lauber, first woman mayor of
Arcadia, California. ::
Phyllis Sweeney, first woman elected mayor of
Laguna Beach, California 1977 ::
Eleanor Crouch, first woman elected mayor of
Santa Paula, California 1978 ::
Frances Prince, first woman to become mayor of
Thousand Oaks, California :::also served 1983 to 1984 ::
Dianne Feinstein, first woman mayor of
San Francisco ::Mary Patricia Ostrye, first woman mayor and first elected mayor of
Monrovia, California 1979 ::
Clo Hoover, first woman elected mayor of
Santa Monica, California 1980 ::
Eunice Sato, first woman elected mayor of
Long Beach, California ::
Josephine Heckman, first woman elected mayor of
Pasadena, California 1981 ::
Mary K. Shell, first woman elected mayor of
Bakersfield, California 1982 ::
Loretta Thompson-Glickman, first African-American woman mayor of
Pasadena, California :::also first African-American woman mayor of a city over 100,000 people
1982 ::Mary Lou Howard, first woman mayor of Burbank, California.
1983 ::
Anne B. Diament, elected first woman mayor of
Alameda, California ::
Jana Wilson, first woman mayor of
Oroville, California 1986 ::
Maureen O'Connor, first woman elected mayor of
San Diego, California 1989 ::
Evelyn Wells, first woman to become
Mayor of Lynwood, California.
1990 ::
Alice Jempsa, first woman elected mayor of
Los Alamitos, California 1997 ::
Jessica Maes, first woman elected mayor of
Huntington Park, California 2009 ::
Susan Gorin, first woman elected
mayor of Santa Rosa, California 2011 ::
Laura Roughton, first woman elected mayor of
Jurupa Valley, California :::also first mayor of
Jurupa Valley, California ::
Jean Quan, first woman elected mayor of
Oakland, California :::also the first Asian-American mayor of Oakland is the first woman elected mayor of
Los Angeles.
2012 ::
Frances Ann Romero, first woman elected mayor of
Guadalupe, California 2016 ::
Michelle Roman, first woman elected Mayor of
Kingsburg, California 2017 :: Mary Ann Carbone first woman of Native American
Chumash descent to be appointed by peers as Mayor of
Sand City, California ::Tasha Cerda first woman and person of either African American and Native American descent to be elected Mayor of
Gardena, California :::also first person of Native American descent to be elected mayor in the state of California
2018 ::Alison Kerr, first woman elected Mayor of
Del Rey Oaks, California 2020 ::
Christy Holstege first woman elected Mayor of
Palm Springs, California 2022 ::
Karen Bass, first woman elected mayor of
Los Angeles ::
Ashleigh Aitken first woman elected mayor of
Anaheim ::
Valerie Amezcua first woman elected mayor of
Santa Ana, California ==Colorado==