National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Katharine Dexter McCormick
Born 1875
Achievements: Humanities, Philanthropy
1998 Inductee
Juliette Gordon Low
Born 1860
Achievements: Humanities
1979 Inductee
Fannie Lou Hamer
Born 1917
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Carter
Born 1926
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Ellen Swallow Richards
Born 1842
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Rose O'Neill
Born 1874
Achievements:
2019 Inductee
Marian Wright Edelman
Born 1939
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Rosa Parks
Born 1913
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Shannon W. Lucid
Born 1943
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Julia Ward Howe
Born 1819
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Victoria Woodhull
Born 1838
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Nancy Pelosi
Born 1940
Achievements: Government
2013 Inductee
Patricia A. Locke
Born 1928
Achievements: Education
2005 Inductee
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross
Born 1926
Achievements: Science
2007 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Esther Peterson
Born 1906
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Barbara Iglewski
Born 1938
Achievements: Science
2015 Inductee
Marian de Forest
Born 1864
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2001 Inductee
Jane Fonda
Born 1937
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities
2019 Inductee
Mary A. Hallaren
Born 1907
Achievements: Government
1996 Inductee
Anna Wessels Williams
Born 1863
Achievements: Science
2024 Inductee
Lorraine Hansberry
Born 1930
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2017 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee

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Hall Mourns Bernice “Bunny” Sandler

Bernice Resnick Sandler Dr. Bernice “Bunny” Sandler, the “Godmother of Title IX,” died peacefully at her home in Washington, DC, on Saturday January 5, 2019. She was 90. A high-spirited and highly...

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2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Streets

By National Trust for Historic Preservation on Oct. 29, 2018 In 2018, the National Trust, American Express, and Main Street America headed back to Main Street for our annual Partners in Preservation...

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News & Events

Fall Street Location is Closed

We will reopen at 1 Canal St in early summer of 2020. Check back for details or follow us on social media. We look forward to welcoming you to our new space!

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Our current location is closing!

Thank you to all who helped make Induction 2019 a success! We are pleased to announce that National Women’s Hall of Fame will be closing our current location at the end of October. We will reopen at 1 Canal St in spring of 2020. Check back for details or follow us on...

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Ginny Ryan: The Keeper of the Flame

A third grade assignment to tell the story of someone else’s life was all it took to hook Ginny Ryan on reporting. At Cardinal Mooney High School and at Buffalo State College, she wrote for the school papers and worked at the campus radio and television stations,...

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Welcome our newest 2019 Inductee Diane von Furstenberg!

Icon of Fashion Design and Philanthropist Diane von Furstenberg is a fashion designer, philanthropist, and Founder and Chairman of the company that bears her name. In 1974, she debuted her iconic wrap dress, which became a symbol of power and independence for women...

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