Eleanor Mayo (1920–1981) was an American novelist of the mid twentieth century.
Mayo was active in local politics holding several elected positions in Tremont, Maine.
She was the first female selectman elected in Tremont, and later served many years as the town's tax assessor.
Ruth Moore wrote of the stir caused by Mayo's election: "A great flurry it got in all the papers and on the radio, and all the old diehards and shellbacks in town, who think 'wimmen's fit fa one thing and that's all, by God,' are standing on their heads and spinning.
"[1] The house built in 1947 by Mayo and Moore was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004, recognizing their literary accomplishments.