130 Years Ago, Men Against Women’s Suffrage Put Susanna Salter’s Name on the Ballot.

Boy, were they sorry. That made her the first female mayor of a U.S. city.

Susanna Salter never really ran a campaign for office.

She didn’t even put her name on the ballot during the 1887 mayoral election in Argonia, Kansas. A group of men who wanted to humiliate both her and the causes she allied herself with did it for her.

Smithsonian Magazine Article:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/130-years-ago-men-against-womens-suffrage-put-susanna-salters-name-ballot-180962727/