She was elected in May, 2008, as the first woman mayor in the history of the town.

And the city has had a woman mayor and two black mayors.

She was the first woman mayor of Madras city.

Liz Davidson was the first woman mayor and served in that role from 1995 to 1998.

She was elected in 2002 by the city council, becoming the city's first woman mayor.

She was elected to the post on 10 March 2007 and was the third woman mayor of the 124-year-old civic body.

Rogero's election made her the first woman mayor of Knoxville.

She was the first woman mayor of a major American city.

She was Tallinn's first and to date only woman mayor.

She is known as being the first woman mayor in Turkey.