May Hopkins

May Hopkins
Born
May Belinda Lowell

August 31, 1870
Amboy Township, Ohio, U.S.
DiedFebruary 6, 1949 (age 78)
California, U.S.
OccupationsPolitician, clubwoman
Known forMayor of Redondo Beach, California (1928–1931)

May Belinda Lowell Hopkins (August 31, 1870 – February 6, 1949) was an American politician, businesswoman, and clubwoman. She was the mayor of Redondo Beach, California, from 1928 until she was recalled early in 1931.

Early life

Hopkins was born in Amboy Township, Ohio, the daughter of John Butler Lowell and Helen M. Kennedy Lowell.

Career

Hopkins was a licensed real estate broker, a charter member of the Redondo Woman's Club, and founder and president of the Redondo Beach chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. She was Redondo Beach's city treasurer for twelve years, and president of the city's school board, before she became mayor of Redondo Beach in 1928. As mayor she welcomed California State Fraternal Congress when they held their annual picnic in Redondo Beach in 1930.

Hopkins was recalled and replaced by the city council in 1931, but remained active in local civic life through the 1930s and into the 1940s. Her son Albert Lowell Hopkins was chief of police in Redondo Beach.

Personal life

Lowell married printer Albert Roscoe Hopkins in 1893. They had two children, and separated by 1920. She died in 1949, at the age of 78, at her home on Redondo Beach, "after a long life of useful service to her community, friends and associates".

References

  1. 1 2 Lowell, Delmar Rial (1899). The Historic Genealogy of the Lowells of America from 1639 to 1899. Tuttle Company, printers. p. 254.
  2. ↑ "18 Realtor Mayors Officiate in Calif". Oakland Tribune. 1929-08-18. p. 64. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Announcements". The Register. 1928-06-09. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Mrs. May Hopkins to Important L. A. Meetings". The Daily Breeze. 1924-03-17. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Clarke, Ida Clyde (1928). Women of Today. Women of Today Press. p. 188.
  6. ↑ "Results of Election at Redondo Yesterday". Riverside Daily Press. April 9, 1918. p. 4 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  7. ↑ "Mrs. May Hopkins, City Treasurer, Gets Fine Cookie Recipe in with Tax Returns from Somebody Here". The Daily Breeze. 1924-12-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Former Mayor of Beach City Seeks New Job". Los Angeles Times. 1932-03-23. p. 12. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Mayors Support John R. Quinn". Los Angeles Examiner. 1930-08-25. p. 3 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  10. ↑ "Mrs. May B. Hopkins of Redondo Beach Guest Here". The Whittier News. 1935-12-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Holmes, Susie Bishop (October 1930). "California State Fraternal Congress Holds Annual Picnic". The Fraternal Monitor. 41 (3): 6.
  12. ↑ "Redondo Beach Woman Mayor is Recalled". The Times Standard. 1931-01-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Councilman Dr. John M. Clarke is Elected Mayor by Unanimous Vote to Succeed May B. Hopkins". The Daily Breeze. 1931-02-06. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Mrs. May Hopkins, Former Mayor, Visits Council". The Daily Breeze. 1938-09-20. p. 2. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "B. P. W. C. Choses May B. Hopkins on Fair Committee". The Daily Breeze. 1939-01-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Mrs. May Hopkins Registering Voters". The Daily Breeze. 1944-03-03. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. 1 2 3 "May B. Hopkins Rites Arranged". Los Angeles Times. 1949-02-09. p. 15. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
  18. ↑ "Mrs. Lindstrand Guest of Mother, Mrs. May Hopkins". The Daily Breeze. 1933-10-02. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ Haynes, F. S. (1949-03-02). "Everybody's Business: A Tribute That Will Comes as a Surprise to Lowell Hopkins". The Daily Breeze. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-06-28 – via Newspapers.com.