Concerning first woman to become a local official (5)
I believe the answer is:
reeve
'a local official' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'concerning first woman' is the wordplay.
'concerning' becomes 're' (both can mean on a particular topic).
'first' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'woman' becomes 'eve' (Eve is an example).
're'+'eve'='REEVE'
'to become' is the link.
(Other definitions for reeve that I've seen before include "Pass a rope through a ring" , "One of Chaucer's Canterbury pilgrims" , "fasten rope" , "Someone with a tale" , "Female ruff; also a bailiff" .)