What is Janet Gray Hayes?
[[File:JanetGrayHayesKPAR.jpg|thumb|Hayes (right) in an interview (1975).]] '''Janet Gray Hayes''' (née '''Frazee'''; July 12, 1926 &ndash; April 21, 2014) was an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]]. She was the [[Mayor]] of [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[California]] from 1975 until 1983. She was both the first woman to be elected as the Mayor of San Jose, and the first woman elected mayor of any major city in the [[United States]]. She was born in [[Rushville, Indiana|Rushville]], [[Indiana]]. Hayes died from a [[stroke]] on April 21, 2014 in [[Saratoga, California]]. She was 87.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_25610127/san-joses-first-female-mayor-janet-gray-hayes|title=San Jose's first female mayor, Janet Gray Hayes, has died at 87|newspaper=[[San Jose Mercury News]]|first=Mark|last=Lundstrom|date=April 21, 2014|accessdate=April 22, 2014}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt4v19r0fx/ Janet Gray Hayes] at the [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ Online Archive of California] {{US-biography-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hayes, Janet Gray}} [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American mayors]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Politicians from California]] [[Category:Politicians from Indiana]]