The World's First Lady Mayor

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The World's First Lady Mayor
Based onDocu-drama
CinematographyEnos Silvanus Pegler
Release date
  • 1900 (1900)
Running time
1 min 9 sec
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageSilent
External videos
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg The World's First Lady Mayor (The NZ Archive of Film)

The World's First Lady Mayor was a 1900 New Zealand silent docu-drama film. [1] It is the second-oldest surviving film in New Zealand, the oldest being The Departure of the Second Contingent for the Boer War from earlier the same year. [2]

In the 69-second film, Elizabeth Yates is re-enacting a speech she gave as mayor in 1893. [1] Yates was the first woman mayor in the British Empire when elected mayor of Onehunga, New Zealand in 1893. [1]

Susanna M. Salter of Argonia, Kansas, is widely regarded as the first woman elected mayor in the world. [3]

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References

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  2. "THE WORLD'S FIRST LADY MAYOR". Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
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