Susanna Madora Salter Became The First American Woman Mayor Kind Of By Surprise

Today was the birthday in 1860 of the first woman to serve as a mayor in the United States, Susanna Madora Salter, of Argonia, Kansas. She wasn’t looking to make history and didn’t even run for the job, but then sometimes you choose the moment, and other times the moment chooses you. Plus: in the new book Locked Down Looking Up, photographer Doris Mitsch shows the composite images she took during the pandemic that show the flight trails of flocks of birds and other flying creatures. Susanna Madora Salter (Kansas Historical Society) Susanna Madora Salter (National Women's History Museum) Photographer Creates Mesmerizing Flight Trails of Winged Creatures as a Meditation on Time (My Modern Met) Love our history shows? Help make more of them as a backer on Patreon