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'''Janet Gray Hayes''' (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the 60th [[Mayor#United_States|mayor]] of [[San Jose, California]], elected to two four-year terms from 1975 to 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0fx/ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California], "''Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers''," (retrieved August 20, 2010).</ref> |
'''Janet Gray Hayes''' (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the 60th [[Mayor#United_States|mayor]] of [[San Jose, California]], elected to two four-year terms from 1975 to 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0fx/ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California], "''Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers''," (retrieved August 20, 2010).</ref> |
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Born in [[Rushville, Indiana]], Hayes went to [[University of Chicago]] and then received her |
Born in [[Rushville, Indiana]], Hayes went to [[University of Chicago]] and then received her bachelor's degree from [[Indiana University]]. In 1956, Hayes and her husband moved to San Jose, California where her husband practiced medicine. Hayes was elected to the San Jose City Council in 1971 and was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. She died of a stroke in 2014, in [[Saratoga, California]].<ref>http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes San Jose's first female mayor, Janet Gray Hayes, has died at 87</ref> |
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Janet Gray Hayes | |
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 Hayes (right) being interviewed by Blake Crary on the No News program on KPAR-TV public access (1975) | |
| In office January 9, 1975 – January 9, 1983 | |
| Preceded by | Norman Y. Mineta |
| Succeeded by | Tom McEnery |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 12, 1926 Rushville, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | April 21, 2014 (aged 87) Saratoga, California, U.S. |
Janet Gray Hayes (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the 60th mayor of San Jose, California, elected to two four-year terms from 1975 to 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected mayor San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the United States.[1]
Born in Rushville, Indiana, Hayes went to University of Chicago and then received her bachelor's degree from Indiana University. In 1956, Hayes and her husband moved to San Jose, California where her husband practiced medicine. Hayes was elected to the San Jose City Council in 1971 and was a Democrat. She died of a stroke in 2014, in Saratoga, California.[2]
References
- ^ San Jose State University's Online Archive of California, "Guide to the Janet Gray Hayes Papers," (retrieved August 20, 2010).
- ^ http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes San Jose's first female mayor, Janet Gray Hayes, has died at 87
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