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    Bertha Ethel Knight Landes (October 19, 1868 – November 29, 1943) was the first female mayor of a major American city, serving as mayor of Seattle, Washington...
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  • empire from 1902 to 1943 Bertha Knight Landes (1868–1943), first female mayor of a major American city (Seattle, Washington) Bertha Lewis (1887–1931), English...
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  • Landes is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aaron Landes (1929–2014), rabbi Alejandro Landes (born 1980), film director Bertha Knight...
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    56 individuals have held the office of mayor. The city elected Bertha Knight Landes, the first female mayor of a major U.S. city, in 1926. Several mayors...
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    4, 2019. Bertha's components were not reusable and were scrapped. The name Bertha, after Seattle's first female mayor, Bertha Knight Landes, was chosen...
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    National Convention, he appointed city council member Bertha Knight Landes as acting mayor. Landes began her own law and order campaign, firing Police Chief...
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    Seattle became the first major American city to elect a female mayor, Bertha Knight Landes. It has also elected an openly gay mayor, Ed Murray, and a third-party...
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  • Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, Bertha Knight Landes became the first woman mayor of a city with more than 150,000 residents...
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    1919), and was the first major American city to elect a woman mayor, Bertha Knight Landes (in 1926). Socialist beliefs were once widespread (thanks in large...
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    F. Gura, professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Bertha Knight Landes, mayor of Seattle, Washington from 1926 to 1928 and first female...
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