The first woman mayor of Scranton. The namesake of a local hospital. A female pediatrician. A former principal at Marywood ...

She was elected to Lexington Fayette-Urban County Council in 1991, and in 1998 became Lexington’s first female vice mayor. In 1993 ... in bringing the public art project Horse Mania to Lexington ...

Shirley Maxine Winfree, La Vergne's first female mayor, died Monday. She was 89, according to her obituary. Roselawn Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens is handling the arrangements. A gathering of family ...

Meanwhile, only one town in Utah’s history has ever had an all-female mayor and council — and that was over a century ago. Having women on city councils leads to better, more representative ...