March is women's history month and the city of Seattle has many female trailblazers to celebrate. One of them shook up the political scene and became the first woman elected mayor of Seattle, or of any major American city. Bertha Knight Landes came to Seattle with her husband, Henry Landes, in the 1890s. “He was a geologist and for a time was the temporary president at the University of Washington,” said historian Feliks Banel. Banel says his research about Bertha had him making calls to her hometown of Worcester, Mass. “They hadn’t even heard of her! She was the first female mayor of a major metropolitan city and already forgotten by her hometown,” Banel said. During her time living in the Emerald City, Bertha left her mark. READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/seattles-first-woman-mayor/281-e4d57e0d-cb03-4650-842c-dbe91513fc05