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Photograph
Mayor Bertha K. Landes at her desk, Seattle, circa 1927
Order an ImageIn 1926, Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major American city when she became mayor of Seattle. She vowed to clean up city government, running on the platform of "municipal housekeeping." She served only one term as mayor but remained a civic leader in such organizations as the Women's University Club, the Women's Century Club, the League of Women Voters, and the Women's Auxiliary of University Congregational Church.
Handwritten on verso: Bertha K. Landes at telephone
SHS category: Mayors
Handwritten on verso: Bertha K. Landes at telephone
SHS category: Mayors
ID Number: SHS2344
Date: Circa 1927
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, SHS2344
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
Politics and Politicians
