The Times-Tribune3d
Students honored in Women’s History Month Bookmark Contest
The first woman mayor of Scranton. The namesake of a local hospital. A female pediatrician. A former principal at Marywood ...
The Atlanta Voice2d
Mother of Modern Atlanta: Former Mayor Shirley C. Franklin honored with Street, Park Renaming
Former Atlanta Mayor Shirley Clarke Franklin honored with a street sign and park. Her legacy and achievements celebrated by ...
Palo Alto Weekly1y
Frances Dias, Palo Alto’s first female mayor, dies at 100
Frances Dias, who served as Palo Alto’s first female mayor during one the city’s most ... council members weren’t as skilled in the art of legislating. “Frances knew what she wanted ...
‘First lady of all things Lexington’: First female vice mayor Isabel Yates dies at 100
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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution1mon
In Walnut Grove, mayor says all-female council tries to channel Thatcher
The tiny Atlanta-area towns of Pine Lake and Auburn had all-female mayors and councils a few years ago, but not anymore. Moncrief became mayor a little over a year ago after defeating incumbent ...
The Salt Lake Tribune27d
Voices: Where are the women? A century after Kanab’s all-female council, Utah still lags.
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 ...
WNYT NewsChannel 1318d
Mantello, Sheehan breaking barriers as first female mayors
The cities of Troy and Albany are making history. They are both being led by their first female mayors. Troy Mayor Carmella Mantello is in her first term. Albany Mayor Kathy Sheehan is in her ...