OBITUARY: Eunice Sato, 99; First Female Mayor of Long Beach
OBITUARY: Eunice Sato, 99; First Female Mayor of Long Beach Posted On Eunice Sato, the first Asian American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city, was first elected to the Long Beach City Council in 1975, eventually serving two years as mayor. RAFU STAFF REPORT LONG BEACH — Eunice N. Sato, the first Asian American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city, passed away of cardio-pulmonary arrest on Feb. 12. She was 99. Sato served as mayor of Long Beach for two years in the early 1980s, the first woman to lead the city, guiding it through a period of economic turmoil. She...
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