Mary D. Lowman

Mary D. Lowman
Photo of Mary D. Lowman
Mary D. Lowman, ca. 1893
Mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas
In office
1888–1890
Personal details
Born
Mary D. McGaha

January 27, 1842
Indiana County, Pennsylvania
DiedJune 2, 1912(1912-06-02) (aged 70)
Oskaloosa, Kansas
NationalityAmerican
SpouseGeorge W. Lowman
OccupationSchoolteacher
Engraving of the all-women city administration of Oskaloosa, Kansas, 1888, with a view of the city. Clockwise from upper left: Mayor Mary D. Lawson and Councilwomen Carrie Johnson, Sadie E. Balsley, Mittie Josephine Golden, Emma K. Hamilton, and Hanna P. Morse.

Mary D. (McGaha) Lowman (January 27, 1842 – June 12, 1912)[1][2][3] was a schoolteacher and the mayor of Oskaloosa, Kansas, in the late 1880s. She was the first woman in Kansas to be elected mayor with a city council composed entirely of women.

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