"Susanna Salter Was The First Female Mayor In The US (1887)"
"A group of men hated the idea of women being involved in politics and decided to pull a prank. So they submitted a list of candidates names from the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
They thought that NO MAN would vote for a female mayor. They wanted to humiliate the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
Susanna didn’t know about the prank until the local Republican Party sent representatives to her house to see if she was actually running for office.
She went with it and became Mayor of Argonia, Kansas. She also won over 60% of the votes"