National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Ann Bancroft
Born 1955
Achievements: Education, Science
1995 Inductee
Elaine Roulet
Born 1930
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Wilma L. Vaught
Born 1930
Achievements: Government
2000 Inductee
Lydia Maria Child
Born 1802
Achievements: Humanities
2001 Inductee
Donna E. Shalala
Born 1941
Achievements: Education, Government
2011 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Jacqueline Cochran
Born 1906
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Flossie Wong-Staal
Born 1947
Achievements: Science
2019 Inductee
Nancy Brinker
Born 1946
Achievements: Philanthropy
2015 Inductee
Frances Wisebart Jacobs
Born 1843
Achievements: Philanthropy
1994 Inductee
Gloria Yerkovich
Born 1942
Achievements: Humanities
1993 Inductee
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Born 1933
Achievements: Government
2002 Inductee
Rachel Carson
Born 1907
Achievements: Science
1973 Inductee
Serena Williams
Born 1981
Achievements: Athletics, Business
2024 Inductee
Emma Lazarus
Born 1849
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Mae Jemison
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
1993 Inductee
Donna de Varona
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2003 Inductee
Abby Kelley Foster
Born 1811
Achievements: Humanities
2011 Inductee
Judy Chicago
Born 1939
Achievements: Arts
2021 Inductee
Kathrine Switzer
Born 1947
Achievements: Athletics
2011 Inductee
Barbara Holdridge
Born 1929
Achievements: Arts, Business
2001 Inductee
Clare Boothe Luce
Born 1903
Achievements: Arts, Government, Humanities, Philanthropy
2017 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Margaret Sanger
Born 1879
Achievements: Humanities
1981 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

Children’s Learning Activities

Families come from all over the country to spend their day learning about the female leaders at the National Women's Hall of Fame. To ensure that the learning about these great women continues, we are providing online activities for families, students, and educators....

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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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