Janet Gray Hayes

Janet Gray Hayes
60th Mayor of San Jose, California
In office
January 9, 1975 – January 9, 1983
Preceded by Norman Y. Mineta
Succeeded by Tom McEnery

Janet Gray Hayes was the mayor of San Jose, California from 1975 - 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the United States.[1]

References

  1. ^ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California, "Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers," (retrieved on August 20th, 2010).