List of first women mayors

The first woman mayor was Catherine Malotteau, who served as mayor of Namur in the Austrian Netherlands between 1734 and 1749. According to Anne Hidalgo, Mónica Fein, Célestine Ketcha Courtès and Ada Colau of The World Organization of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG) in 2017, in an article titled "Women mayors are ready to stand up and be counted," Knowledge is power.