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Encyclopedia > Bertha Knight Landes

Bertha Knight Landes (October 19, 1868 - November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city. Landes served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928. She was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, attended the University of Indiana, and died in Ann Arbor, at the house of her son, in 1943. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... This is a list of mayors of Seattle, Washington, USA. (From January 14, 1865, to January 18, 1867, Seattle was incorporated as a town and was run by a board of trustees, the president of which was Charles C. Terry. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... City nickname: A-squared, Tree Town Location Location of Ann Arbor within Washtenaw County, Michigan. ... The Indiana University system, technically founded in 1820, is an eight-campus university system in the state of Indiana. ...


Further reading

Sandra Haarsager, Bertha Knight Landes of Seattle: Big-City Mayor (University of Oklahoma Press, 1994).


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Bertha Knight Landes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (133 words)
Bertha Knight Landes (October 19, 1868 - November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city.
Landes served as mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928.
She was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, attended Indiana University, and died in Ann Arbor, at the house of her son, in 1943.
NWHM Biographies (391 words)
Political pioneer Bertha Knight Landes was the first woman mayor of Seattle and the first woman mayor of a major American city.
Landes and her family moved to Washington in 1895 when her husband Henry became a faculty member at the University of Washington.
Landes was the mother of three children and was active in various women’s clubs.
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