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Susanna Madora “Dora” <I>Kinsey</I> Salter

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Susanna Madora “Dora” Kinsey Salter

Birth
Lamira, Belmont County, Ohio, USA
Death
17 Mar 1961 (aged 101)
Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Argonia, Sumner County, Kansas, USA GPS-Latitude: 37.2734146, Longitude: -97.755928
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First Female Mayor in the United States. She was the daughter of Oliver Kinsey and Terissa Ann White Kinsey and wife of Lewis J. Salter. She was a U.S. politician and activist. In 1887, Susanna Salter was elected mayor of Argonia in Sumner County, Kansas, and served there as the first elected female mayor in the United States.
First Female Mayor in the United States. She was the daughter of Oliver Kinsey and Terissa Ann White Kinsey and wife of Lewis J. Salter. She was a U.S. politician and activist. In 1887, Susanna Salter was elected mayor of Argonia in Sumner County, Kansas, and served there as the first elected female mayor in the United States.


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