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Susanna Madora Salter, pictured with her husband Lew Salter in 1880, was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887. Not only was she first female mayor in the US, she was the first woman elected to any political office in the United States. Her nomination began as a joke from those who disagreed with her pro-temperance stance, but Susana ended up winning by a 2 to 1 majority.
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