Lindsey, Estelle Lawton (1868–1955)
Lindsey, Estelle Lawton (1868–1955)
American acting mayor and reporter. Born Estelle Lawton, 1868, on a cotton plantation in Abbeville, SC; died Nov 27, 1955; attended schools in Nashville and Germany; m. Dudley Lindsey, 1903.
Taught German, then took her 1st newspaper job for the Nashville American; moved to Los Angeles with husband (1907) where she reported for Los Angeles Express; was also a syndicated advice columnist; elected to Los Angeles city council (1915), the only woman, and served as mayor for a day in 1915, the 1st acting mayor of a major city; worked for Santa Barbara News-Press.
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