Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington Mary Donaldson, Baroness Donaldson of Lymington Dorothy Mary Donaldson, The Lady Donaldson of Lymington, (née Warwick, 29 August 1921 – 4 October 2003), previously known as Dame Mary Donaldson, was the first female Lord Mayor of London (1983–84). Born at Wickham, Hampshire, the daughter of an ironmonger and a school teacher, Donaldson trained as a nurse during the war and qualified in 1946. From 1967–69, she chaired the Women's National Cancer Control Campaign, and then the Vice President of the British Cancer Council. In 1966, she was elected a Member of the City of London Court of Common Council, and
Sylvia M. Donaldson Sylvia M. Donaldson Sylvia M. Donaldson (July 12, 1849 – June 15, 1937) was one of the first women elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She was elected in 1924 at the age of seventy-three and served until 1930. Donaldson, a Republican, represented the tenth district (Plymouth/Brockton). Donaldson was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts on July 12, 1849. She studied to be a teacher at Boston University. She taught in the Brockton School District from 1873–1919 where she was principal and served on the school board. In 1923, the first women, Donaldson and Susan Fitzgerald, were elected to the Massachusetts