Charlottetown's only female mayor, Dorothy Corrigan has died at the age of 96.

The only woman to ever serve as Charlottetown's mayor died Saturday at the Garden Nursing Home. Dorothy Corrigan was 96.

Corrigan held the city's top job from 1968 to 1972. She served as alderman in Ward 2 for eight years before running for mayor. In the fall of 1968, she was elected as Charlottetown's first woman mayor.

She was trained as a nurse, but became involved in politics after her husband died.

Eddie Rice, a long time friend, said Corrigan made a big contribution to the city.

"I don't think she fully realized the mark that she was making. She never passed somebody on the street she didn't speak to, and she always had the time. She was a great listener, not a talker. And I admired that about her, too," Rice said Monday.

When she got out of city politics, Corrigan worked at The Charlottetown Hotel.

Corrigan lived in her own home until this last year, Rice said.

Corrigan's funeral is set for 10 a.m. on Wednesday at The Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in Charlottetown.