Kay Barnes

Kay Barnes
52nd Mayor of Kansas City
In office
May 1999 – May 2007
Preceded byEmanuel Cleaver
Succeeded byMark Funkhouser
Personal details
Born
Kay Waldo Barnes

(1938-03-30) March 30, 1938 (age 86)
St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Kansas City, Missouri, U,S,
Alma materUniversity of Kansas,
University of Missouri–Kansas City
OccupationSenior Director for University Engagement at Park University

Kay Waldo Barnes (born March 30, 1938) is a former American politician and two-term Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, and the first woman to be elected to the office.

She was the Democratic nominee for Missouri's 6th congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in the 2008 election against Republican incumbent Sam Graves.