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Janet Gray Hayes (July 12, 1926 – April 21, 2014) was the 60th mayor of San Jose, California, elected to two consecutive, 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 a major U.S. city with a population of more than 500,000 people.[2][3]
Janet Gray Hayes | |
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60th Mayor of San Jose, California | |
In office January 9, 1975 – January 9, 1983 | |
Preceded by | Norman Mineta |
Succeeded by | Tom McEnery |
Vice Mayor of San Jose | |
In office 1973–1974 | |
San Jose City Councilor[1] | |
In office 1971–1974 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Rushville, Indiana, U.S. | July 12, 1926
Died | April 21, 2014 87) Saratoga, California, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Indiana State University |
Alma mater | Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice |
Born in Rushville, Indiana, Hayes went to University of Chicago and then received her bachelor's degree from Indiana University.[4] 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[5] In 1973, she was voted by the city council to serve as the city's vice mayor, becoming the first woman to hold that position.[6] In 1974, she was elected mayor of the city. She was reelected in 1978. She was a Democrat and campaigned as an environmentalist and wanted to fight Urban sprawl in San Jose.[4]
She died of a stroke on April 26, 2014, in Saratoga, California.[3]
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