The silhouette of a woman will soon replace the "green and red man" at traffic lights in Richmond, as a tribute to the first woman elected to local government in Victoria.

The City of Yarra and VicRoads announced plans for the unique pedestrian signals ahead of International Women's Day on Wednesday.

A pedestrian signal honouring Mary Rogers will be installed at a crossing in Richmond.

It is the first time in Australia an image of a female will signal the crossing of a road.

Councillor Mary Rogers, elected to the City of Richmond council in 1920, was Victoria's first female councillor and the second woman in Australia to be elected to local government.