Susanna Salter, the 1st woman elected as Mayor in the U.S., was put on the ballot as a joke but then she won. #WomensHistory #SusannaSalter A post shared by Nat'l Women's History Museum (@womenshistory) on Jul 5, 2015 at 3:43pm PDTThe election of America’s first female mayor began as a cruel joke by men. The women called a caucus one evening before the election with plans of choosing several prohibitionist men to run for office. “Instead of humiliating the women, they had elected the first woman mayor in the country,” Billington wrote. Article of greatest use is to her thenSomething worn distinctively by men —A pair of pants will do.

Source: Washington Post April 07, 2017 08:53 UTC