National Women’s Hall of Fame

1 Canal Street, Seneca Falls

Tuesday – Saturday

11am – 4pm

(Closed Sunday and Monday)

Groups welcome! 

Fanny Wright
Born 1795
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Swanee Hunt
Born 1950
Achievements: Philanthropy
2007 Inductee
Myra Bradwell
Born 1831
Achievements: Government
1994 Inductee
Louise Bourgeois
Born 1911
Achievements: Arts
2009 Inductee
Rozanne L. Ridgway
Born 1935
Achievements: Government
1998 Inductee
Patricia Roberts Harris
Born 1924
Achievements: Government
2003 Inductee
Ella Baker
Born 1903
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Laurie Spiegel
Born 1945
Achievements: Arts
2019 Inductee
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Born 1906
Achievements: Arts, Science
1996 Inductee
Susan Solomon
Born 1956
Achievements: Science
2009 Inductee
Judith Plaskow
Born 1947
Achievements: Education, Humanities
2024 Inductee
Wilma Rudolph
Born 1940
Achievements: Athletics
1994 Inductee
Sarah Winnemucca
Born c.1844
Achievements: Humanities
1994 Inductee
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Born 1921
Achievements: Humanities
1998 Inductee
Mary Lyon
Born 1797
Achievements: Education
1993 Inductee
Emma Smith DeVoe
Born 1848
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Antonia Novello
Born 1944
Achievements: Government, Science
1994 Inductee
Gerty Theresa Radnitz Cori
Born 1896
Achievements: Science
1998 Inductee
Mary Edwards Walker
Born 1832
Achievements: Philanthropy, Science
2000 Inductee
Margaret Mead
Born 1901
Achievements: Science
1976 Inductee
Sally Ride
Born 1951
Achievements: Science
1988 Inductee
Anna Jacobson Schwartz
Born 1915
Achievements: Business
2013 Inductee
Crystal Eastman
Born 1881
Achievements: Humanities
2000 Inductee
Michelle Obama
Born 1964
Achievements: Arts, Humanities
2021 Inductee
Mary Ann Shadd Cary
Born 1823
Achievements: Humanities
1998 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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