National Women’s Hall of Fame
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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...
National Women’s Hall of Fame wins Main Street grant for knitting mill project
Sarah Taddeo, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 9:25 a.m. ET Nov. 23, 2018 | Updated 5:14 p.m. ET Nov. 23, 2018 The National Women’s Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls will soon open a new...
Students at Alverno College in WI portray Inductees in fictionalized podcast interviews
Alverno College students, as part of their upper level Women and Leadership course, worked with the Hall to create Inductee podcasts for their midterm exam. Alverno College is a private Catholic...
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...
How a 1968 Miss America protest propelled the women’s movement into national spotlight
By Karina Bland, USA Today Network, on Oct. 16, 2018 On Sept. 7, 1968, a group of women, maybe 200 in all, from across the country, converged on Atlantic City in New Jersey to protest the 42nd Miss...
1968: While radical feminism boiled, Seneca Falls laid foundation for women’s hall of fame
By Sarah Taddeo, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, on Oct. 18, 2018 While feminist sentiment was boiling over in other parts of the country during 1968, women's rights activism in the western New...
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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!
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...
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,...
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...
National Women’s Hall of Fame: Celebrating Extraordinary Women’s Contributions
For Release: April 3, 2019 Seneca Falls, NY - The National Women's Hall of Fame would like to acknowledge the Town of Seneca Falls, NY for its continued support. As we celebrate more than 50 years of honoring great women, we recognize with gratitude the unwavering...