Janet Gray Hayes

Janet Gray Hayes
60th Mayor of San Jose, California
In office January 9, 1975 – January 9, 1983
Preceded by	Norman Y. Mineta
Succeeded by	Tom McEnery
Personal details
Born	(1926-07-12)July 12, 1926 Rushville, Indiana, U.S.
Died	April 21, 2014(2014-04-21) (aged 87) Saratoga, California, U.S.

Mayor Janet Gray Hayes being interviewed by Blake Crary in 1975 on the "No News" program on KPAR-TV public access

Janet Gray Hayes (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the mayor of San Jose, California from 1975 - 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. She died of a stroke in 2014.