FIRST - Elected Woman Mayor in the U.S. - Argonia, KS
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YoSam.
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Several plaques are here stating the same thing, so I will put them all together
Waymark Code: WMNJ1T
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2015
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County of first: Sumner County
Location of first: Osage St. & Garfield St. in Argonia
Date of first: 1887
In 1933 a bronze plaque, given by the Woman's Kansas Day Club, was unveiled in Argonia in honor of the "First Woman Mayor in the United States." Mrs. Salter was the guest of honor for the ceremony. The plaque was mounted and placed in front of the old township hall. Later it was moved and placed in front of the museum.
Text of that Plaque:
In Honor of
MRS. SUSANNA MADORA SALTER,
First Woman Mayor in the
United States.
She Served as Mayor of Argonia, Kansas
1887
Born March 2, 1860.
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Marker placed by
Woman's Kansas Day Club.
1933.
The Salter house is now a museum, you can visit by appointment, and its wood craved business sign is unique.
text of that sign:
Salter Home
MUSEUM
1887
Susanna Madora Salter
America's First Woman Mayor
Argonia
And the third plaque or sign is the plaque erected to signify the listing on this building on the National Register of Historic Places.
The text of that plaque:
SALTER HOUSE
Argonia, Kansas
circa 1884
has been placed on the
NATIONAL REGISTER
OF HISTORIC PLACES
by the United StatesDepartment of the Interior 1971
Home of Susanna Madora Salter
The first elected woman mayor
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